SAT vocabulary
Assuage
To make milder or less severe; to relieve; to appease or satisfy
Example
"A warm cup of tea helped to assuage her anxiety after the stressful day."
Etymology
From Old French 'assoagier', from Latin 'ad-' + 'suavis' (sweet)
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