alleviate (verb)
101Holodomor genocide question — explores the facts whether the Holodomor, the disastrous famine in 1933 that claimed millions of lives in Ukraine, was an ethnic genocide, a natural catastrophe or democide. [cite web url=http://www.artukraine.com/famineart/forgiven hol.htm title …
102caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …
103redress — re·dress /ri dres, rē ˌdres/ n 1 a: relief from distress b: a means of obtaining a remedy 2: compensation (as damages) for wrong or loss re·dress /ri dres/ vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of La …
104rent — Regular payments to an owner for the use of some leased property. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. rent rent 2 noun PROPERTY 1. [countable, uncountable] money paid for the use of a house, office etc: • Commercial rents have decreased… …
105anxiety — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, considerable, deep, great ▪ chronic, constant, nagging ▪ free floating (esp. AmE) …
106crisis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, grave, major, serious, severe, terrible, worst ▪ the worst economic crisis for fifty years ▪ …
107shortage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, chronic, critical, desperate, dire, serious, severe ▪ the current acute shortage of teachers ▪ …
108symptom — noun (usually symptoms) ADJECTIVE ▪ characteristic, classic, common, typical ▪ clinical ▪ minor, secondary …
109unemployment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ double digit (esp. AmE), high, huge, mass, massive, severe, widespread ▪ low ▪ grow …
110aggravate — [[t]æ̱grəveɪt[/t]] aggravates, aggravating, aggravated 1) VERB If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse. [V n] Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation... [V n] He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing… …
