Vocabulary Power Plus Level 8 Lesson 6
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Anthology
A collection of short stories, poems, or plays
Alleviate
To make more bearable; to ease
Conciliatory
Overcoming distrust or hostility through friendliness
Diminution
A lessening or decrease
Esoteric
Understood by or meant for only a small group
Grit
Determination and courage
Ludicrous
Humorously absurd and nonsensical
Menial
Tedious and requiring little skill
Pessimistic
Expecting only the worst
Phosphorescence
A continuous emission of light from a substance requiring neither heat nor sustained exposure to radiation
Ransack
To rummage and steal
Salvo
A simultaneous discharge of guns or cannons
Tentative
Not definite or permanent
Vicarious
Felt as if one were taking part in the experiences of another person
Yearn
To desire intensely; sometimes with sadness
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