MATCH UP RESULTS FROM THE FREE DICTIONARY. 12-04-2011.

Correct answers: vacillate jibe enfeeble coagulate escalate clot match hover intensify weaken

* Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment

vacillate - To sway from one side to the other; oscillate.

Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate

Usage: A man of my age and experience ought to have known better than to vacillate in this unreasonable manner.

jibe - To be in accord; agree.

Synonyms: correspond, match, tally

Usage: The two stories don't jibe in many details.

enfeeble - To deprive of strength; make feeble.

Synonyms: debilitate, drain, weaken

Usage: Although his age enfeebled him, he could still walk long distances without tiring.

coagulate - To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.

Synonyms: clot

Usage: The medical students watched blood coagulate as part of their lesson in clotting reactions.

escalate - To increase, enlarge, or intensify.

Synonyms: intensify, step up

Usage: Tensions escalated as the politicians refused to compromise.