Chetan Chauhan

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Groups
CALM DOWN
CRUCIAL / SIGNIFICANT /
IMPORTANT
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
END / STOP
ENTHUSIASM / PASSION / EXCITE
EXPRESS SYMPATHY
HAPPY / JOYOUS
HARDWORKING
IRREGULAR / AT INTERVALS
LACKING ENERGY / LAZY
NEVER ENDING/NON-STOP
ORDINARY
SAD / DEPRESSED
SHORT-LIVED
SULKING / BAD-TEMPERED
TO MAKE UNNECESSARY
UNIMPORTANT / TRIVIAL
UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION
Words Relation to Group Meaning Mnemonic/Example
Allay
putting a fear,
suspicion or worry
at rest.
Form: v
Tone: pos
The verb allay is used when you want to make
something better or eliminate fears and
concerns.
Mnemonic: al + lay - Ali
(name of a person) + lay; Ali
lay down on bed to calm
down his body and mind.
Example: The new
advertising campaign is an
attempt to Allay the public's
concerns about the safety of
the company's products.
Alleviate
making a problem
less serious
Form: v
Tone: pos
Do all these words make your head ache? If
so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your
pain.
Mnemonic: Alleviate -
elevator: It sounds like
elevator that helps us to
reduce leg pain while walking
or climbing stairs.
Example: Finding ways to
Alleviate stress is of primary
importance these days.
Ameliorate
to make
something better
Form: v
Tone: pos
To ameliorate is to step in and make a bad
situation better. You could try introducing a
second lollipop to ameliorate a battle between
two four-year-olds over a single lollipop.
Mnemonic: Ameliorate
sounds like deteriorate =
degrade Ameliorate =
improve
Example: This medicine
should help Ameliorate the
pain.
Anodyne
reduce distress or
pain
Form: adj
Tone: pos
When your back is killing you from helping your
friend move furniture into his new apartment,
you need to take an anodyne, a painkiller.
Mnemonic: Anodyne > a + no
+ dyne (dying); If you want
him not to die from pain, you
should give him some
Anodyne drugs.
Example: The otherwise
Anodyne comments sounded
quite inflammatory when
taken out of context.
Making peace by
accepting
demands
Form: v
Appease means to make or preserve peace
with a nation, group, or person by giving in to
their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in
"the cold drink appeased his thirst."
Mnemonic: After the end of
World War II, peace brought
calmness to all parts of the
world.
Appease Tone: pos Example: They Appeased the
dictator by accepting his
demands in an effort to avoid
war.
Assuage
make an
unpleasant
feeling less
serious
Form: v
Tone: pos
If you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you
make it go away. Assuaging your hunger by
eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you
other unpleasant feelings.
Mnemonic: Assuage
.....sounds like AT YOUR AGE.
imagine a nurse is
ASSUAGING a 70 year old
PATIENT and saying "AT YOUR
AGE you should take some
rest"
Example: A mother cooing to
her toddler and assuaging
his fear of the dark
Conciliate
to make
somebody less
angry by being
kind and pleasant
Form: v
Tone: pos
The verb conciliate means to placate,
appease, or pacify. If you are eating at a
restaurant and the waiter accidentally spills a
drink on you, the manager may try to
conciliate you by picking up the tab for your
meal.
Mnemonic: Conceal means
hide....when you hide
yourself from traffic, chaos,
cacophonies, you feel calm
and you pacify yourself
Example: The company's
attempts to Conciliate the
strikers have failed.
Exacerbate
(oppo)
to make
something worse.
(oppo)
Form: v
Tone: pos
For a formal-sounding verb that means to
make worse, try exacerbate. If you're in
trouble, complaining about it will only
exacerbate the problem.
Mnemonic: acerb- means
bitter, harsh; So exacerbate
means to make things bitter,
to worsen.
Example: The proposed
factory shutdown would only
exacerbate our
unemployment problems.
Extenuating
Making a guilt
appear less
serious and that
can be forgiven
Form: adj
Tone: pos
You'll be furious that your friend didn't bake
the cupcakes she promised for christmas
until you learn the extenuating circumstances:
her dog climbed onto her kitchen counter and
ate all the cupcake batter. Extenuating means
"making forgivable."
Mnemonic: An extended
class if supplemented with
snacks may be Extenuating.
Example: There were
Extenuating circumstances
and the defendant did not
receive a prison sentence.
Mitigate
make something
less serious or
painful
Form: v
Tone: pos
Choose the verb, mitigate, when something
lessens the unpleasantness of a situation. You
can mitigate your parents' anger by telling
them you were late to dinner because you
were helping your elderly neighbor.
Mnemonic: think of Mitigate
as COLGATE(toothpaste).Use
of COLGATE lessen or try to
lessen the extent of germs in
our teeth.
Example: Emergency funds
are being provided to help
Mitigate the effects of the
disaster.
to lessen
someones anger
Form: v
To mollify is to calm someone down, talk them
off the ledge, make amends, maybe even
apologize.
Mnemonic: Mollify sounds like
nullify...so just think of
nullifying
Mollify Tone: pos something...nullifying your
temper
Example: He tried to Mollify
his critics with an apology.
Pacify
supress the
anger or
excitement of
something
Form: v
Tone: pos
If you are bringing peace or calm to a state of
unrest, you are pacifying the situation. Just
think of the transformation a squalling baby
undergoes when a pacifier is placed within his
mouth, and you will remember the power of
the verb to pacify.
Mnemonic: a passive person
is always calm,so calm down
Example: She resigned from
her position to Pacify her
accusers.
Placate
make someone
less angry
Form: v
Tone: pos
When a husband shows up with flowers after
he's fought with his wife, he's trying to placate
her. If you placate someone, you stop them
from being angry by giving them something or
doing something that pleases them.
Mnemonic: PL + ac + ATE = a
PLATE full of tasty food to
SATISFY someone.
Example: The angry
customer was not Placated
by the clerk's apology.
Propitiate
to stop somebody
from being angry
and calm them
down
Form: v
Tone: pos
If you forgot flowers on your Mom's birthday,
you can still propitiate her by sending a
bouquet the next day. Propitiate means to
appease someone or make them happy by
doing a particular thing.
Mnemonic: PROf+PITI- if you
want professor's pity then
you would have to appease
him/her
Example: He made an
offering to Propitiate the
angry gods.
Solace
emotional comfort
Form: n
Tone: pos
If something eases your disappointment or
grief, consider it a solace. If you're sad, you
might find solace in music or in talking to your
friends.
Mnemonic: He has SO LESS
anger that he is always in a
state of Solace.
Example: I Solaced myself
with a book while I waited for
the bus.
Temper
someone who
becomes angry
very easily (oppo)
Form: n
Tone: pos
Temper can refer to a tendency to become
unreasonably angry. If youre not sure
whether you have a temper, ask your friends
but dont get mad if you dislike what they
have to say.
Mnemonic: The TEMPo
travellER is a vehicle of
moderate speed.
Example: his was disliked by
everyone because of his high
Temper
Legends:
X : Antonyms
* : Words with slightly different meaning from the majority of the words in a cluster.
# : Words which are neither synonyms nor antonyms.
(+) : The words in this family are used usually in positive context.
(-) : The words in this family are used usually in negative context.
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