1. Assuage (verb) (uh-sweyj)
to ease or satisfy; to make less severe

2. Assuage
I 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.

3. Assuage
I 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.

4. Malevolent (adjective) (muh-lev-uh-luh nt)
wishing evil or harm to another or others; having or exhibiting hatred

5. Malevolent
Racism and prejudice creates malevolent feelings. His malevolent impulses destroyed the flowers. The girl watched and laughed hoping the boy would crash his skateboard.

6. Malevolent
The 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.

7. Mortification (noun) (mawr-tuh-fi-key-shuh n)
A feeling of humiliation or shame

8. Mortification
The 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.

9. 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.

10. Abominable (adjective) (uh-bom-uh-nuh-buh l)
Hateful; detestable; unpleasant

11. Abominable
Everyone 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.

12. Abominable
The 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.

13. Amiable (adjective) [ey-mee-uh-buh l]
having or showing pleasant feelings, good-natured personal qualities

14. Amiable
The way she dealt with the rude student was amiable. I love puppies because they are amiable. The boy stopped to help the lady pick up her groceries.

15. Amiable
The soldier acted amiably when she dove on the grenade saving her squad from danger. Amiability is a quality that all caring teachers possess.

16. Contentious (adjective) [kuh n-ten-shuh s]
tending to argue or strife; quarrelsome; heated mood

17. Contentious
I 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 the man began speaking, I knew there was going to be an argument.

18. Contentious
Contentiously, 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!”

19. Dispensation (noun) [dis-puh n-sey-shuh n]
something given out, something distributed

20. Dispensation
After my house burned down, I stood in a long line to collect my insurance dispensation. Standing in line, Bob was bored waiting for the lunch dispensation. I waited for two hours in the locker-room waiting to receive my football equipment.

21. Dispensation
The dispensational way they passed out the uniforms irritated me because it was old fashioned.

22. Fractious (adjective) [frak-shuh s]
readily angered; peevish; irritable

23. Fractious
Rainsford 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.

24. Fractious
Fractiously, Zaroff returned without his dog. The fractiousness was clear on his face as he asked the class to be quiet.

25. Tyranny (noun) [tir-uh-nee]
The Abuse of authority; an unjust government; oppressiveness

26. Tyranny
The 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.

27. Tyranny
The 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.

28. Aloof (adjective) [uh-loof]
Reserved; shy; disinterested; far away in emotions or feelings

29. Aloof
The 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.

30. Aloof
Aloofly, I didn’t talk to anyone the entire day. The teacher told her that, because of her aloofness, she had a failing participation grade.

31. Vocab Practice
Write a meaningful sentence for each of the vocab words below. In one sentence, make an allusion to a famous person, place, event, or work of art.
Assuage
Malevolent
Amiable

32. Vocab Practice
Write a meaningful sentence for each of the vocab words below. In one sentence, make an allusion to a famous person, place, event, or work of art.
Mortification
Contentious
Abominable