colour, gloss, color - gloss or excuse; "color a lie"

plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"

defend, fend for, support - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

extenuate, mitigate, palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

do away with, eliminate, get rid of - terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"