Vocab 8 Flashcards
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Amends
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Something done to make up for a wrong? An injury? Or a mistake; compensation
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Aegis
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Protection; sponsorship; guidance
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Conciliatory
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Peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome distrust, animosity? Or conflict
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Conductive
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Tending to cause or bring about; favorable to
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Extricate
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To free from difficulty or entanglement
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Importune
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To annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeatedly
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Mediate
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To help apposing sides reach an agreement; to intervene in a conflict in order to improve the situation
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Mitigate
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To make less severe; to soften, lessen or moderate
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Patronize
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To support or sponsor
To go as a customer; to shop regularly
To treat as inferior
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Renovate
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To restore something to an earlier condition? By repairing or remodeling
