Hot SAT Words:

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Hot SAT Words

• Lessons
• 1-10

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Lesson 5 Making Things a Bunch Better

• Lessening Pain, Tension, and/or Conflict

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To lessen

• Allay (fear, pain)
• Alleviate (pain, tension)
• Ameliorate (make better)
• Assuage ( lessen, pacify)

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APPEASE

• Vb. To make tranquil or quiet, especially by
  giving in to demands to pacify

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APPEASE

• n. Chamberlain tried to
• APPEASE
• Hitler at the Munich Conference

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CONCILLIATE

• Vb. To win a person over through special
  considerations or persuasive methods

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CONCILLIATE
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MEDIATE

• Vb. To act as a go-between in settling conflicts
  or disputes between people or opposing sides

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MEDIATE
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MITIGATE
Vb. To make or become less severe to lessen
pain or damage
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MITIGATE

• A sudden shift in the wind MITIGATED the severity
  of the storm.

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--MOLLIFY--PLACATE--PACIFY
v. To pacify, soothe, appease, make less severe
or violent
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• MOLLIFY

Not even the offer of a free ticket could mollify
Gregs anger after the airline lost his suitcase.
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PACIFY

• NATO forces PACIFIED the region.

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ELOQUENT
PLACATE
Dont try to placate me by telling me youll
change in the future change now!
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QUELL

• Vb. To pacify to subdue to quiet down

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QUELL
The rebellion was QUELLED.