Vocabulary Lesson 8 Grade 10

The chairman tried to mediate the disagreement between the two committees.

• express a point of view

• help reach agreement

• create a distraction

• make less severe

Quiet places are conducive to learning.

• customary

• recommended

• unnecessary

• favorable

The teacher tried to conciliate the dispute between the two students.

• appease

• plan

• keep it a secret

• diffuse

Jojo does not patronize stores that sell goods made by child laborers.

• sells at

• shops at

• enjoys

• talks about

Grandpa mitigated the sting of his critical words with a wink and a pat on the shoulder.

• forget

• increase

• overlook

• lessen

Ruben attended college under the ____ of the Public Arts Foundation, which gave him a scholarship and money to cover his living expenses.

• conducive

• renovate

• aegis
• amends

Faye reached into the knotted seaweed and ____ a small starfish.

• importuned

• extricated

• mitigated

• mediated

When we _____ our house, we removed the tile from the kitchen floor and refinished the original wood flooring.

• mitigated

• importuned

• patronized

• renovated

To make ____ for missing her championship soccer game, Jayna's uncle offered to take her to a theme party.

• mediation

• amends
• importune

• aegis

Street vendors ____ passing tourists to buy souvenirs.

• importuned

• mitigated

• renovated

• extricated