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Word: Mitigate
Meaning: v. (1) Make less severe, serious, or painful: “he wanted to mitigate the damages in court.” (2) Lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake).
Word: Juncture
Meaning: 1 : a point of time;
especially : one made critical by a concurrence of circumstances
Example: "At this juncture in the editing process," said Philip, "it is important that all facts have been double-checked and sources verified."
Word: beseech
Meaning: (verb)
Ask for or request earnestly.
Synonyms: adjure, entreat, conjure, bid, press
Usage: Daddy, I beseech you to stop smoking before it is too late.
Word: shirtsleeve
Meaning: adjective:
1. Relating to pleasant warm weather.
2. Informal; direct.
3. Hardworking; having a can-do attitude.
Usage: “On a shirtsleeves October evening, it was possibly written in the stars.”
Chris Irvine; Grand Finale for Wane;
Sunday Times (London, UK); Oct 14, 2018.
“This shirtsleeve diplomacy seems to work.”
The Election: 100% United;
The Daily Mirror (London, UK); Apr 8, 2005.
See more usage examples of
shirtsleeve in Vocabulary.com’s
dictionary.
Thought: Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull
it out and strike it merely to show you have one. If you are asked what
o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the
watchman. -Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 Sep 1694-1773)