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## Page 1 **alleviate** To alleviate pain or suffering means to make it less intense or severe. **astrology** Jack, who studies astrology, believes that the stars can predict the future. **disrupt** The loud crash disrupted the class lecture. **frantic** The cat became frantic when I tried to gi...

## Page 1 **alleviate** To alleviate pain or suffering means to make it less intense or severe. **astrology** Jack, who studies astrology, believes that the stars can predict the future. **disrupt** The loud crash disrupted the class lecture. **frantic** The cat became frantic when I tried to give it a bath. **hull** After the wreck at sea, the ship's hull was the last part to sink. **inadvertent** She made an inadvertent error when she knocked over the nail polish. **improvise** There was no meat for pizza, so we improvised with what was in the fridge. **latitude** The device was able to tell the traveler his exact latitude. **mariner** The old mariner used his telescope to find the shore. ## Page 2 **multitude** A multitude of people were waiting at the airport. **nuisance** The teenager considered her noisy little brothers to be quite a nuisance. **permanence** Poor results will threaten the permanence of the new teaching system. **revolve** My life revolves around sports. **soothe** The mother soothed her crying baby by rocking him in her arms. **stranded** When the plan left, my sister and I were stranded in China. **volatile** The volatile volcano might explode at any moment.