There is nothing like a few _______ students to brighten and enliven a dull class. However, there is a fine line between a few humorous remarks and obnoxiousness.

Those who are gregarious like to ___________. It comes from the Latin word, "grex, gregis," which means "herd," as in animals that like to stay in groups.

Amiable is connected with the idea of ________ since it comes from the French word for _______.

Someone like the Wife of Bath is Chaucer's Canterbury Tales could be described as affable since she seems to be _______.

Mollify, pacify, placate, and quell all mean something like________.

Pacify is connected to the name of the Pacific Ocean since the Spanish explorers who named it thought it was a rather _____ body of water in comparison to the stormy Atlantic. Many think Balboa, the first Spaniard to reach the ocean, named it, but not so. He called it the "Mar del Sur," "South Sea," since it is to the south of the Isthmus of Darien where they crossed.

A lawyer might be called upon to _________ the hostilities between two parties. They can choose to arbitrate rather than go to trial. This saves the disputing parties court costs and legal fees as well as time that would be spent on cases that never should have been brought before a judge.

I took an Aleve in hopes that it would ________ my headache.

Neville Chamberlain, the prime minister of the UK, thought that he could __________ the Germans by allowing them to annex the Sudetenland and Austria in the Anschluss before WWII. Little did he know of their plans to invade Poland and send Europe back into a war just some twenty years after WWI.

The government of Burkina Faso has taken measures to __________ the economic situation in the country by opening it up to foreign investors, especially the Chinese, who have built several manufacturing facilities in the capital city of Ouagadougou. They have also cut ties with Taiwan as a result.

Meditation can ________ your anxiety by helping you control your thoughts and thus your actions.