Vocab list #9 & #10 Flashcards
1
Q
Alleviate
A
To ease pain or burden
2
Q
Asylum
A
A place of retreat or security
3
Q
Auspicious
A
Favorable; Promising
4
Q
Benevolent
A
Well-meaning; generous
5
Q
Benign
A
Kind and Gentle
6
Q
Mollify
A
To calm or soothe
7
Q
Reclamation
A
The act of making something useful again
8
Q
Sanction
A
To give official authorization or approval
9
Q
Dubious
A
Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
10
Q
Fabricated
A
Made; concocted to deceive
11
Q
Hypocrisy
A
The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
12
Q
Slander
A
False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
13
Q
Spurious
A
Not genuine
