anthology a collection of short stories, poems, or plays alleviate to make more bearable; to ease conciliatory overcoming distrust or hostility through friendliness diminution a lessening or a decrease esoteric understood by or meant for a specific group grit ludicrous humorously absurd and nonsensical menial tedious and requiring little skill pessimistic expecting only the worst or most negative outcome phosphorescene continuous emission of light from a substance requiring neither heat nor sustained exposure to radiation ransack to rummage and steal salvo a simultaneous discharge of guns or cannons, or an outburst resembling such a discharge tentative not definite or permanent vicarious felt as if one were taking part in the experiences or feelings of another person yearn to desire intensely, sometimes with sadness Vocabulary Power Plus Book H
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