a. to become less or go down to a lower level

b. to make somebody want to do something, especially something that involves hard work and

effort

c. to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad

d. to say that something is not true

e. to remove what is covering something so that it can be seen

f. to say or show that two things are related, or that one of the things causes the other

g. to deal with

h. to take advantage of