Master C2-level vocabulary related to intensity & mitigation. Highly precise, academic mastery.
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Which word means "To move back or withdraw; to diminish"?
Answer: recede
Which word means "To make much greater or more intense"?
Answer: redouble
Which word means "To make something worse by further actions; to combine"?
Answer: compound
Which word means "To increase the power, status, or wealth of"?
Answer: aggrandize
Which word means "To make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to soothe"?
Answer: assuage
Which word means "To hold in very high regard; to praise enthusiastically"?
Answer: exalt
Which word means "To reduce in force, effect, or value; to weaken"?
Answer: attenuate
Which word means "To suppress or restrain; to smother"?
Answer: stifle
recede
To move back or withdraw; to diminish
redouble
To make much greater or more intense
compound
To make something worse by further actions; to combine
aggrandize
To increase the power, status, or wealth of
assuage
To make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to soothe
exalt
To hold in very high regard; to praise enthusiastically
attenuate
To reduce in force, effect, or value; to weaken
stifle
To suppress or restrain; to smother
palliate
To make less severe without curing; to alleviate
wane
To decrease gradually in strength or intensity
step up
To increase the amount, speed, or intensity of
tamp down
To suppress or reduce; to press down firmly
drastic
Likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme
searing
Extremely hot or intense; severely critical
unmitigated
Absolute; complete; not diminished in any way
mitigation
The action of reducing severity or seriousness
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Master C2-level vocabulary related to intensity & mitigation. Highly precise, academic mastery. Includes 16 multiple choice questions. 16 vocabulary words...
Which word means "To move back or withdraw; to diminish"?
Which word means "To make much greater or more intense"?
Which word means "To make something worse by further actions; to combine"?
Which word means "To increase the power, status, or wealth of"?
Which word means "To make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to soothe"?
Which word means "To hold in very high regard; to praise enthusiastically"?
Which word means "To reduce in force, effect, or value; to weaken"?
Which word means "To suppress or restrain; to smother"?
Which word means "To make less severe without curing; to alleviate"?
Which word means "To decrease gradually in strength or intensity"?
Which word means "To increase the amount, speed, or intensity of"?
Which word means "To suppress or reduce; to press down firmly"?
Which word means "Likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme"?
Which word means "Extremely hot or intense; severely critical"?
Which word means "Absolute; complete; not diminished in any way"?
Which word means "The action of reducing severity or seriousness"?
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