5: Making Things Better

Question 0

Alleviate

Answer 0

(V) to lessen pain or discomfort

Question 1

Allay

Answer 1

(V) to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

(V) to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension

Question 3

Appease

Answer 3

(V) to make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into another’s demands; to pacify

Question 4

Assuage

Answer 4

(V) to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; to pacifiy

Question 5

Conciliate

Answer 5

(V) to win a person over through special consideration or persuasive methods; reconcile

Question 6

Mediate

Answer 6

(V) to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides

Question 7

Mitigate

Answer 7

(V) to make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage

Question 8

Mollify

Answer 8

(V) to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent

Question 9

Pacify

Answer 9

(V) to calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state

Question 10

Placate

Answer 10

(V) to make calm; to sooth

Question 11

Quell

Answer 11

(V) to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down