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endeavor [endeavored, endeavoring, endeavors]▼(to work with purpose)
verb
[UK: en.ˈde.və(r)] [US: en.ˈde.vər]

hock [hocked, hocking, hocks]▼(leave with a pawnbroker as security)
verb
[UK: hɒk] [US: ˈhɑːk]

insist [insisted, insisting, insists]▼(to hold up a claim emphatically)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈsɪst] [US: ˌɪn.ˈsɪst]

underperform [underperformed, underperforming, underperforms]▼(underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
verb
[UK: ˈən.dərp.ərˌ.fɔːm] [US: ˈən.dər.pər.ˌfɔːrm]