Unit 2, Lesson 3 Flashcards
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alleviate
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relieve
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allay
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relieve
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assuage
A
relieve
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mitigate
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lessen the severity of/relieve
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mollify
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relieve
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palliate
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to ease/relieve (symptoms of a disease)
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palliative
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a reliever/symptom reducer
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propitiate
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to appease/pacify
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extenuate
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reduce seriousness of
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tenuous
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very weak or slight
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gossamer
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very thin/flimsy
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diaphanous
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light/delicate
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attenuate
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to weaken
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rarefy
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to make thin/weaken
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abate
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to decrease/subside
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preamble
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intro to constitution/law
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preface
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intro to book
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prologue
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intro to play
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prelude
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intro to opera
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overture
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intro to musical
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momentary
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temporary
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fleeting
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temporary
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transient
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temporary
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transitory
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temporary
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evansecent
temporary
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ephemeral
short lived/temporary
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momentous
important
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impetus
force that makes something happen
29
decidous
temporary
30
perennial
permanent
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reckless
hasty
32
rash
hasty
33
impulsive
hasty
34
impetuous
hasty
35
extemporize
improvise
36
extemporaneous
improvise
37
cursory
hasty
38
discursive
rambling/random
39
digressive
deviate/wander away
40
meandering
wavy/deviate
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trite
unimaginative
42
banal
commonplace
43
hackneyed
cliche
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bromide
cliche
45
platitude
cliche
46
vapid
boring/lacking flavor
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insipid
lacking flavor/boring
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prosaic
commonplace
49
mundane
worldly
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temporal
worldly (as opposed to spiritual)
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humdrum
boring
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monotone
boring
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plebeian
commoner
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denizen
citizen
55
nondescript
commonplace
56
mediocre
standard/commonplace
57
quotidian
occurring daily/commonplace
