1. to oppose strongly, fight,
2. to suggest, but not actually
3. shocking or
4. preoccupied with bodily
5. to prove to be wrong by argument or
6. to be a sign or indication
7. to twist or
8. authority to act for
9. to show; to
10. to alter from the true
11. keeping in safety or security from
12. a thing that lives at the expense of another without making any useful

Explanation:

To argue about something that is not important.To communicate a feeling or an idea without expressing it directly.Very shocking.Connected with strong sexual desire.Not correct, usually because it is not based on correct information or is illogical.To represent something.To twist or bend so that the surface is no longer straight or flat.The act of allowing someone to do something,  or of allowing something to happen.To point, show or make clear in another way.To make or become different.To keep someone or something safe from damage, injury or loss.A plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or animal of a different type and feeds from it.

Carbon dating is one