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While the group's street protests had had an aggress
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While the group's street protests had had an aggressive, uncompromising tenor, once admitted to the halls of power to begin formal lobbying, its leaders wisely chose to________the stridency of their rhetoric.
□ metamorphose
□ gild
□ wane
□ palliate
□ succor
□ damp
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Re: While the group's street protests had had an aggress
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15 Jul 2018, 14:01
Palliate and damp both mean to lessen the impact of something
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Why shouldn't the answer here be palliate and wane?
Wane also means a gradual decline in size or strength.
Can somebody please explain?
Wane also means a gradual decline in size or strength.
Can somebody please explain?
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07 Aug 2018, 14:35
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wane means decline but not in the sense of the sentence to slow down the tone of the voice.
See here for reference
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/wane
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