(v.) to declare to be true
affirm
(v.) to discourage, or scare off
deter
(v.) to give power or authority
empower
(adj.) speaking or writing easily
fluent
(v.) to injure very seriously
mangle
(n.) a wrong idea
misapprehension
(n.) a reading in public of something
recitation
(n.) something added to complete a thing
supplemement
to have a heavy motion
surge
(adj.) dishonest
unscrupulous