Vocabulary: Week 7 Flashcards
(verb): diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry).
Syn: reduce, diminish
Sentence: You allay the lonely thoughts during the day, but at night, the lonely thought allay you
allay
(adj): having a lot of space inside; roomy.
Syn: roomy, spacious
Sentence: A capacious house has space for furniture; a capacious home has space for family
capacious
(adj): intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Syn: educational, informative
Sentence: Some teachers teach to become didactic, others are didactic in hopes to teach
didactic
(adj): of or during the day.
Syn: daily, everyday
Sentence: The diurnal animal wears itself out during the day and sleeps all night.
diurnal
(adj): deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Syn: humiliating, embarrassing
Sentence: The ignominious nature of the school caused the rebellious groups; the rebellious groups caused the shaming of the school
ignominious
(verb): make less severe, serious, or painful.
Syn: reduce, lessen
Sentence: To mitigate heartache is to mitigate love
mitigate
(verb): (of the heart) beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly.
Syn: thump, throb
Sentence: I fear to palpitate, but I palpitate with fear
palpitate
(adj): (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
Syn: cool, composed
Sentence A phlegmatic attitude brings phlegmatic company
phlegmatic
(adj): giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.
Syn: favorable, hopeful
Sentence: The beautiful weather made it propitious for a day at the pool; a day at the pool made it propitious for great memories
propitious
(verb): lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
Syn: overcome, overwhelm
Sentence: he who would prostrate himself to gain riches, will in the end lie prostrate while his riches gain him nothing.
prostrate
