calumniate - To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about.
Usage: Ah Comte de la Fere, said a calm voice, though hoarse with running, "is it your habit to calumniate the absent?
assuage - To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe.
Usage: Food, however, became scarce, and I often spent the whole day searching in vain for a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hunger.
inveigh - To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.
Synonyms: rail
Usage: The detective had, indeed, good reasons to inveigh against the bad luck which pursued him.
prevaricate - To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Usage: At the press conference, the politician chose to prevaricate instead of providing direct answers.
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