Vocabulary Lesson 15: Help and Improvement
Enhance your vocabulary with lesson 15 focusing on words related to help and improvement. Explore terms such as aegis, amends, conciliatory, conducive, extricate, foster, importune, mediate, and mitigate through engaging examples from popular tales. Expand your understanding of these words and their usage in context.
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HONORS ENGLISH I VOCABULARY LESSON 15: HELP AND IMPROVEMENT
AEGIS (noun) a. Sponsorship b. Protection Example: Lilo and Stitch find themselves under the aegis of the Galactic Confederation at the end of their adventure.
AMENDS (noun)Compensation given as satisfaction for insult, loss, or injury; to make up to someone for insult or injury. Example: Woody must make amends with Buzz after almost losing him.
CONCILIATORY (adjective)Tending to win over or soothe; attempting to overcome distrust or anger. Example: Realizing how angry she sounded, Amanda adopted a more conciliatory tone of voice.
CONDUCIVE (adjective) a. Tending to cause, promote, or to help bring about. b. Helpful, favorable. Example: A quiet environment is conducive to learning and studying.
EXTRICATE (trans verb) To free or release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. Example: Cinderella extricated Gus Gus from the scary mouse trap.
FOSTER (trans verb) a. To promote the development or growth of; cultivate. b. To bring up; rear. (adjective) a. Receiving or giving parental care although not related through legal or blood ties. Example: Finding items from the human world fosters Ariel s fascination of humans.
IMPORTUNE (trans verb) To press with repeated and insistent requests; beg urgently. Example: Rapunzel importuned Mother Gothel to spare Flynn Rider s life by becoming her prisoner.
MEDIATE (trans verb) a. To help the opposing sides in a dispute come to an agreement by hearing their arguments and proposing a compromise. b. To settle by intervening in this way. (intrans verb) a. To intervene between disputing parties to bring about an agreement. Example: My mother often had to mediate my sister s and my disputes.
MITIGATE (trans verb)To make less severe or intense; moderate. Example: Even though Allan didn t get the job, it was mitigated by the interviewer s glowing compliments.
RECTIFY (trans verb) a. To set right; remedy. b. To correct by calculation or adjustment. Example: Mike Wizowsky rectified Sully s problem by rebuilding Boo s door.
