Vocab Lesson 8 Flashcards
1
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Aegis
A
Protection; sponsorship; guidance
2
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Amends
A
Something done to make up for a wrong, an injury, or a mistake; compensation
3
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Conciliatory
A
Peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome distrust, animosity, or conflict
4
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Conducive
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Tending to cause or bring about; favorable to
5
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Extricate
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To free from difficulty or entanglement
6
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Importune
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To annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeatedly.
7
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Mediate
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To help opposing sides reach an agreement; to intervene in a conflict in order to improve the situation
8
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Mitigate
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To make less severe; to soften, lessen, or moderate
9
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Patronize
A
To support or sponsor
To go as a customer; to shop at regularly
To treat as inferior
10
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Renovate
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To restore something to an earlier condition, by repairing or remodeling
