alleviate (verb)
111kill — 1. verb 1) gangs killed twenty seven people Syn: murder, take/end the life of, assassinate, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute; slaughter, butcher, massacre, wipe out, annihilate, exterminate, mow down …
112lighten — I verb 1) the first touch of dawn lightened the sky Syn: make lighter, make brighter, brighten, light up, illuminate, throw/cast light on, shine on, irradiate; literary illumine, illume Ant: darken 2) he used lemon juice to lighte …
113lighten — I verb 1) the sky was beginning to lighten Syn: become/grow/get lighter, brighten 2) the first touch of dawn lightened the sky Syn: brighten, make brighter, light up, illuminate 3) he used lemon juice to lighten his hair …
114stress*/ — [stres] noun I 1) [C/U] a worried or nervous feeling that makes you unable to relax, or a situation that makes you feel like this the stresses and strains of everyday living[/ex] Carol s been under a lot of stress lately.[/ex] 2) [U] special… …
115season — /ˈsizən / (say seezuhn) noun 1. one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), astronomically beginning each at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates. 2. a period of the… …
116sweeten — /ˈswitn/ (say sweetn) verb (t) 1. to make sweet. 2. to make mild or kind; soften. 3. to make (the breath, air, etc.) sweet or fresh, as with a mouthwash, spray, etc. 4. to alleviate; make less disagreeable. 5. Colloquial to bribe. 6. Colloquial… …
117light´en|er — light|en1 «LY tuhn», intransitive verb. 1. to grow light; become brighter: »The sky lightens before the dawn. 2. Figurative. to brighten: »Her face lightened. 3. to become lighter in color. 4. to flash with lightning: »It thundered and lightened… …
118light|en — light|en1 «LY tuhn», intransitive verb. 1. to grow light; become brighter: »The sky lightens before the dawn. 2. Figurative. to brighten: »Her face lightened. 3. to become lighter in color. 4. to flash with lightning: »It thundered and lightened… …
119allege — transitive verb (alleged; alleging) Etymology: Middle English alleggen to submit in evidence or as justification, adduce, from Anglo French aleger, allegger, probably in part modification of Medieval Latin allegare, from Latin, to send as a… …
120mitigate — transitive verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare to soften, from mitis soft + igare (akin to Latin agere to drive); akin to Old Irish moíth soft more at agent Date: 15th century 1. to… …
