Sentences: It was only a little ____ between lovers.  The ____
between the partners was over the right of the senior to make contracts
for the firm; it grew into an angry ____.  It was a long-drawn political
____.  At the meeting of our committee the chairman and one of the members
had a sharp ____ over a point of order.  A[n] ____ in some minor matters
led to a[n] ____ in their friendship.  “Thrice is he armed that hath his
____ just” Those chattering, choleric fellows are always engaged in ____;
last night they on meeting had a[n] ____ which brought on a long-drawn
____, and when their friends joined in, there was a noisy ____.  I have
seen all sorts of ____, from a trivial childish ____ to a grim ____ of
mountaineers.

Raise, lift, heave, hoist, erect, rear, elevate, exalt, enhance.

Sentences: Let the Lord be ____.  “As some tall cliff that ____ its
awful form.”  Because of this success his reputation was ____.  The horse
____ when the machine began to ____ the huge block of stone by means of a
crane.  “I will ____ up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my
help.”  The load was too heavy for him to carry; in fact he just managed to
____ it into the wagon.

Relinquish, waive, renounce, surrender, forego, resign, abdicate.

Sentences: The defense ____ objection to the first of these points. 
The refugee was willing to ____ his right to resist extradition.  The
teacher ____ her position at the end of the year.  The king ____ when the
people rose in revolt.  He ____ his command of the army.  Do you ____ your
claim in this mine?  The bankrupt ____ his property to the receiver to help
pay his debts.

Renounce, abjure, forswear, recant, retract, repudiate.

Sentences:  He ____ the statement.  Thereupon Henry Esmond ____ his
allegiance to the House of Stuart.  It is a serious matter for a government
to ____ its debts.  Did the heretic ____?  Do you ____ the devil and all his
works?  “The wounded gladiator ____ all fighting, but soon forgetting his
former wounds resumes his arms.”  He had broken his solemn oath; he was
____.

Reprove, rebuke, reprimand, admonish, chide, upbraid, reproach, scold, rate, berate.

Sentences:  “He ____ their wanderings but relieved their pain.” 
“Many a time and oft In the Rialto you have ____ me About my moneys and my
usances.”  They ____ the man who had taken the savings of the poor, and
____ him against such schemes thereafter.  The general ____ his
subordinate.

Robber, bandit, brigand, ladrone, desperado, buccaneer, freebooter, pirate, corsair, raider, burglar, footpad, highwayman, depredator, spoiler, despoiler, forager, pillager, plunderer, marauder, myrmimdon.  (With this group compare the Steal group, below.)