4/5/12

  1. Adulterate
    to make impure

    syn- doctor
  2. Aggrandize
    to increase in power, influence and reputation

    syn- amplify, dignify, ennoble, apotheosize, exalt, elevate, glorify, swell, was
  3. Ameliorate
    to make better; to improve

    syn- amend, pacify
  4. Assuage
    to make something unpleasant lrss severe

    syn-allay, comfort, conciliate, mitigate, mollify, palliate, propitiate, sweeten, soothe
  5. Attenuate
    to reduce in force or degree; to weaken

    syn- debilitate, devitalize, dilute, enervate, enfeeble, rarefy, sap, thin, undermine, undo, unnerve, water
Author
cruisem
ID
211541
Card Set
4/5/12
Description
Today's 5 words
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