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Weaken Lessen abate subside or moderate Rather than leaving immediately they waited for the storm to abate v bane cause of ruin Lack of public transportation is the bane of urbane life ID: 490816

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Slide1

Week 6

Weaken / LessenSlide2

abate

subside or moderate

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to

abate.

(v)Slide3

bane

cause of ruin

Lack of public transportation is the

bane of urbane life.

(n)Slide4

clemency

disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather

Why did the defense lawyer look pleased when his case was sent to Judge

Bland’s chambers? Bland was known for her

clemency

toward first offenders.

(n)Slide5

contract

compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease

Warm metal expands; cold metal

contracts.

(v)Slide6

degenerate

become worse; deteriorate

As the fight dragged on, the champion’s stamina

degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet.

(v)Slide7

diminution

lessening; reduction in size

Old Jack was as sharp at eighty as he had been at fifty; increasing age led to no

diminution of his mental acuity.

(n)Slide8

discursive

digressing; rambling

As the lecturer wandered from topic to topic, we wondered what if any point there was to his

discursive remarks.

(

adj

)Slide9

ebb

recede; lesson

His fortunes began to

ebb during the Recession.

(v)Slide10

enervate

weaken

She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window would

enervate her.

(v)Slide11

ephemeral

short-lived; fleeting

With its adult stage lasting less than two days, the mayfly is by definition an

ephemeral creature.

(

adj

)Slide12

evanescent

fleeting; vanishing

Brandon’s satisfaction in his new job was

evanescent, for he immediately began to notice its many drawbacks.

(

adj

)Slide13

profligate

dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral

Although surrounded by wild and

profligate companions, she nevertheless managed to retain some sense of decency.

(

adj

)Slide14

raze

destroy completely

Spelling is important: to raise a building is to put it up; to raze a building is to tear it down.

(v)