Assuage (verb) - PowerPoint Presentation

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Assuage (verb)(uh-sweyj)

to ease or satisfy; to make less severe Slide2

AssuageI will assuage

my grief by crying into my pillow.

We

assuaged

our guilt by doing something nice for the children.

We finally got the fire to go out by pouring water on it. Slide3

AssuageI was not assuaged by her attempt to convince me that I was wrong.

She knew opinions were

assuaging

and quickly decided to throw candy at the crowd to win them back. Slide4

Malevolent (adjective) (muh-lev

-

uh

-

l

uh

 nt)

wishing evil or harm to another or others; 

h

aving or exhibiting hatredSlide5

MalevolentRacism and prejudice creates malevolent feelings.

His

malevolent

impulses destroyed the flowers.

He watched and laughed hoping the boy would crash his skateboard.

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MalevolentThe crowd acted malevolently as I climbed the ladder toward the top of the building.

Listening to the mob, I could not believe their

malevolence

toward the new students. Slide7

Mortification (noun)(mawr-tuh-fi

-

key

-

sh

uh

 n)

A feeling of humiliation or shameSlide8

MortificationThe mortification could be seen on my face when I said the wrong word.

Our band’s

mortification

was clearly written on our faces when we were caught lip synching.

I was embarrassed by the incident and ran off the stage. Slide9

Mortification Her plan to mortify the crowd worked perfectly as she belted out the song in Pig-Latin.

We were

mortified

to discover that the entire incident had been caught on video. Slide10

Abominable (adjective)(uh-bom-uh

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n

uh

-

b

uh l)

Hateful; detestable; unpleasant Slide11

AbominableEveryone agrees that hate crimes are abominable.

After wearing a red shirt and green trousers; students told me I had

abominable

fashion taste.

Walking barefoot in the snow is the worst. Slide12

AbominableThe class acted abominably when the teacher was out sick.

The

abominableness

of many people’s behaviors during the Civil Rights Era did not represent everyone. Slide13

Amiable (adjective)[ey-mee-uh

-

b

uh

 l]

having or showing pleasant feelings, good-natured personal qualitiesSlide14

AmiableThe way she dealt with the rude student was

amiable

.

I love puppies because they are

amiable

.

He stopped to help the lady pick up her groceries.

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AmiableThe soldier acted amiably when she dove on the grenade saving her squad from danger.

Amiability

is a quality that all caring teachers possess. Slide16

Contentious (adjective)[kuh n-ten-

sh

uh

 s] 

tending to argue or strife; quarrelsome; controversy Slide17

ContentiousI don’t like to deal with that person because they are contentious

.

His

contentious

manner made everyone angry each time he spoke.

As soon as he began speaking, I knew there was going to be an argument.

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ContentiousContentiously, I stared her in the eyes and responded to the question.

I shouted, “I have had all the

contentiousness

I can handle for one day!” Slide19

Dispensation (noun)[dis-puh n-sey-

sh

uh

 n]

dispensing; distributing; something given outSlide20

DispensationAfter my house burned down, I stood in a long line to collect my insurance dispensation

.

Standing in line,

Ceilo

was bored waiting for lunch

dispensation

.

I waited for two hours in the locker-room waiting to receive my football equipment.

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DispensationThe dispensational way they passed out the uniforms irritated me because it was old fashioned.

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Fractious (adjective) [frak-shuh s]

readily angered; peevish; irritableSlide23

FractiousRainsford compared himself to a

fractious

animal at bay.

I didn’t say that to my

fractious

father because it would make him angry.

His temples began to pulse visibly as he read my terrible report card.

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FractiousFractiously, Zaroff returned without his dog.

The

fractiousness

was clear on his face as he asked the class to be quiet. Slide25

Tyranny (noun) [tir-uh-nee]

Abuse of authority; unjust government; oppressive Slide26

TyrannyThe government collapsed under the tyranny of that leader.

People feared Hitler’s

tyranny

.

Voting was outlawed and the people accepted the laws that the dictator created.

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TyrannyThe tyrannical form of government used in that country has everyone trying to move to another place.

It came as no surprise when the

tyrant

was assassinated. Slide28

Aloof (adjective)[uh-loof]

Reserved; shy; disinterested; far away in emotions or feelingsSlide29

AloofThe aloof attitude of the student made him difficult to teach.

She was

aloof

and never felt like a part of the group.

I sat in the corner and watched them talk. Slide30

AloofAloofly, I didn’t talk to anyone the entire day.

The teacher told her that because of her

aloofness

, she had a failing participation grade.