Match Up Results 22-02-2011.

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Your answers: prate inspissate ossify jilt grovel thicken cringe blabber rigidify leave    Correct answers: prate inspissate ossify jilt grovel thicken cringe blabber rigidify leave * Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment prate - To talk idly and at length; chatter. Synonyms: blabber, palaver, piffle, prattle Usage: I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously. inspissate - To undergo thickening or cause to thicken, as by boiling or evaporation. Synonyms: condense, thicken Usage: The recipe then instructed the cook to inspissate the sauce by adding flour. ossify - To change into bone; to become set in a rigidly conventional pattern. Synonyms: rigidify, petrify Usage: It takes millions of years for organic remains to ossify and turn into fossils. jilt - To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously. Synonyms: cast aside, leave Usage: Since being jilted by his fiancée, he had grown to distrust all women. grovel - To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility. Synonyms: cower, cringe, fawn Usage: The prisoners groveled before the emperor, hoping that he would commute their sentences.