Adjective

 reserved; reluctant or restrained;

silent and does not speak freely

 Examples: I was reticent about

revealing the source of my

information.
 She was reticent about her dislike for

country music.
Verb
 To make something less strong or

bad
 Examples: alleviate the pain,

sorrow, hurt, hunger, burn

 The doctor gave me an injection

to alleviate the pain.

Adjective (formal)
 Profitable; moneymaking; allowing

sb to earn a lot of money

 Example: a lucrative business or

contract
 Noun (C, usually singular)
 The act of flowing in
 “An influx of sb/sth into …” – large

numbers of people or things arriving

suddenly
 Examples: the summer influx of visitors

from abroad
 An influx of foreign capital; large influxes of

refugees
Adjective
 Disagreeable to deal with;

ill-tempered and quarrelsome

 Examples: a cantankerous,

argumentative man; a
cantankerous landlord