par

Usage

• parry

  To parry is to ward something off or deflect it.

• pare

  To pare something down is to reduce or lessen it.

• sever

  When something is severed, it is cut off, split, or separated from a whole.

• apparatchik

  An apparatchik is a very loyal subordinate to someone or something, especially to a particular political organization or leader.

• prepare

  When you prepare for something, such as a test, you get ready for it.

• separate

  If two or more things are separate, they are not joined and so are apart from each other.