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SAT Voc 5
Mrs Hahn RWS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allay | To put (fear,doubt,suspicion, anger) to rest; calm, quiet; to lessen or relieve |
| Alleviate | to make easier to endure, lessen; mitigate |
| Ameliorate | to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve |
| Appease | to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe |
| Assuage | to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate |
| Concilliate | to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over, to make compatible |
| Mediate | to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties;to bring about (an agreement, accord, truce, peace, etc.) as an intermediary between parties |
| Mitigate | to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. to make less severe |
| Mollify | to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease |
| Pacify | to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm,to reduce to a state of submission, especially by military force |
| Placate | to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures |
| Quell | to suppress; put an end to; extinguish, to vanquish; subdue |