ALLEVIATE (VERB)
Definition: To make something bad such as
pain or problems less severe.
Example:
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The
drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain.
MITIGATE (VERB)
Definition: To make something less
harmful, unpleasant or bad.
Example:
-
It
is clear how to mitigate the effect of tourism on the island.
PHLEGMATIC (ADJECTIVE)
Definition: Describe someone who doesn’t
usually get emotional excited about thing.
Example:
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As
a footballer his first asset was his calm, phlegmatic manner.
CHOLERIC (ADJECTIVE)
Definition: Very angry or easily
annoyed.
Example:
Don’t disturb her as she is a choleric
sort of person.
CONSTRAINED (ADJECTIVE)
Definition:
Force
to do something against your will.
Describe
behaviour that is force and unnatural.
Example:
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Don’t
feel constrained to do what he says, he has no authority.
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