Etymology Project
Mitigate
Origin
Definitions
1. To lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate
2. To make less severe
3. To make milder or more gentle; mollify; appease
4. To become milder; lessen in severity
My Definition:
~To make something less harsh or severe
Other Forms
~None
Suffixes:
~Ate-state or quality of
Parts of Speech:
~Mitigate-verb
~Mitigable-adjective
~Mitigatedly-adverb
~Mitigation-noun
~Mitigative-adjective
~Mitigator-noun
Roots:
~None
Synonyms
~assuage
~tranquilize
Pronounciation
Sentences
2. The mitigator had the rope so that the person wouldn't fall while rock climbing.
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Gauche
Origin
Definitions
1. Lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless
My Definition:
~Lacking manners or proper behavior; rude
Other Forms
~None
Suffixes:
~None
Parts of Speech:
~Gauche-adjective
~Gauchely-adverb
~Gaucheness-noun
Roots:
~Noun
Synonyms
~insensitive
~uncultured
Pronounciation
Sentences
2. He gauchely interrupted someone else who was talking.
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Ambivalent
Origin
Definitions
1. Having mixed feelings about someone or something; being able to choose between two courses of action
2. Of or relating to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings towards the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions
My Definition:
~Having feelings toward something that are opposites of each other; having feelings that pull you in opposite directions
Other Forms
~None
Suffixes:
~Ent-inclined
Parts of Speech:
~Ambivalent-adjective
~Ambivalently-adverb
Roots:
~None
Synonyms
~uncertain
~wavering
Pronounciation
Sentences
2. His ambivalence in the matter caused him a great deal of stress.
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Raucous
Origin
Definitions
1. Harsh; strident; grating
2. Rowdy; disorderly
My Definition:
~jarring; hoarse
Other Forms
~None
Suffixes:
~Ous-possessing
Parts of Speech:
~Raucous-adjective
~Raucously-adverb
~Raucousness-noun
Roots:
~None
Synonyms
~rasping
~unharmonious
Pronounciation
Sentences
2. His voice was raucous while he was screaming.