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variegate - Make something more diverse and varied. 
Synonyms: motley, vary
Usage: After the third consecutive dinner of mashed potatoes, we began to hope that the cook would begin to variegate the menu.

whet - Make keen or more accurate. 
Synonyms: quicken, sharpen
Usage: These fragments of nourishment served only to whet my hunger.

confabulate - To talk casually; in psychology, to fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts. 
Synonyms: chat, confer, natter
Usage: Three old friends met in a café to confabulate together.

apprise - To give notice to. 
Synonyms: notify, advise, inform
Usage: During the drive home from the airport, they had time to apprise her of everything that had changed since she'd been gone.

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.

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variegate – 使多样化,丰富多彩,各有不同。 
同义词: motley, vary
用法: After the third consecutive dinner of mashed potatoes, we began to hope that the cook would begin to variegate the menu.连着吃了三天的土豆泥,我们现在都希望接下来的菜单能多些花样了。

whet – 使兴趣,欲望,食欲更刺激,更活跃。 
同义词: quicken, sharpen
用法: These fragments of nourishment served only to whet my hunger.这点吃的反而更吊起我的胃口了

confabulate – 闲谈,探讨。虚构(心理学) 
同义词: chat, confer, natter
用法: Three old friends met in a café to confabulate together.三个老友聚在咖啡馆一起聊天。

apprise – 通知,告知 
同义词: notify, advise, inform
用法: During the drive home from the airport, they had time to apprise her of everything that had changed since she'd been gone.从机场驱车回家的路上,他们利用这段时间告诉她自从她离开后这里的很多事情已经改变了。

prate – 胡扯,瞎聊,乱讲。 
同义词: blabber, palaver, piffle, prattle
用法: I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.我比你更了解这个时代,尽管你又要又臭又长的乱讲一气了。


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