Statistics for -ise Verbs in American English

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	Definition	Answer	% Correct
A	To give counsel to	Advise	83%
A	To get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; to awaken	Arise	83%
D	To change the appearance of so as to conceal identity or mislead	Disguise	83%
E	To seek to expel an evil spirit	Exorcise	83%
A	To announce or praise a product or service to induce people to buy or use it	Advertise	78%
C	To settle differences by mutual concessions	Compromise	78%
D	To regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; loathe	Despise	72%
I	To compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation	Improvise	72%
R	To get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture	Rise	72%
C	To include or contain; to consist of; to be composed of	Comprise	67%
S	To be in charge of; to oversee, as in a process, work, or workers	Supervise	67%
S	To come upon or discover suddenly and unexpectedly	Surprise	67%
T	To broadcast (over the electronic system of transmitting images and sound)	Televise	67%
E	To use repeatedly in order to strengthen or develop	Exercise	61%
R	To execute a repetition of; repeat (especially in music)	Reprise	50%
S	To think or infer without strong evidence; to conjecture or guess	Surmise	44%
D	To deprive a person of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote	Disenfranchise	33%