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alleviate |
To alleviate pain or suffering means to make it less intense or severe. |
She needed something to alleviate the pain in her neck. |
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Frantic |
If people or things are frantic, they behave in a wild way because they are frightened |
The cat became frantic when I tried to give it a bath. |
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Inadvertent |
When an action is inadvertent, it is done without realizing what you are doing. |
She made an inadvertent error when she knocked over the nail polish. |
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Nuisance |
A nuisance is a person or thing that is annoying or causes a lot of problems. |
The teenager considered her noisy little brothers to be quite a nuisance. |
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Stranded |
If someone is stranded, they are prevented from leaving a place. |
When the plane left, my sister and I were stranded in China. |
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Volatile |
When something is volatile, it is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly |
The volatile volcano might explode at any moment. |
