list 3. old juxtaposed with the new. juxtapose – v. the manager juxtaposed the items on sale with...
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LIST 3
Old juxtaposed with the new.
JUXTAPOSE – v.
The manager juxtaposed the items on sale with more expensive items to encourage buyers to purchase the sale items.
To place side by side
In 2004, Indonesia was inundated with water as the result of a tsunami.
Washington D. C. was inundated with people for President Obama’s inauguration.
INUNDATE -- to overwhelm as if with a flood.
CHARISMA – n.
Most elected officials have a certain amount of charisma.
Charm and attractiveness
Aug 12, 2011
Apple is working on a way to dynamically scale portions of a map so as to emphasize critical markers or points of interest, and present that information to the user. By compressing the map to only include salient points, the map can be reformatted to fit more information on the relatively small iPhone screen.
SALIENT --
The car was luxurious, but its low cost was its most salient feature.
prominent; noticeable.
Scientists try to mitigate climate change effects
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New ways to mitigate migrainesUpdated 11/5/2008 2:48 PM
By Anne Godlasky, USA TODAY
Headaches distract. Migraines can debilitate. Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from the throbbing pain, costing employers some $13 billion a year from missed workdays and impaired work function, according to research reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine."You can be out for three days — lie there and not move, feel nauseous but not throw up — it's incapacitating," says Jeanne Safer, 61, a New York psychotherapist who has suffered regular migraines for about a decade. But new treatments in the pipeline may help control the pain. Some "exciting" new drugs are coming into the headache field, says Alan Rapoport, a UCLA professor of neurology who has studied headaches for 35 years.
MITIGATE – v.
Because of the defendant’s good attitude, the judge mitigated his sentence from 3 years in prison to 2 years probation.
to make less severe; lessen.
The United Steelworkers will negotiate, not capitulate - Column by Leo Gerard
Capitulate (v.)-- to accept defeat
Republicans will be ready to capitulate on the issue of tax increases. Whatever Happened to H. Ross Perot?By Jim GeraghtyAugust 23, 2012