Sunday, March 13, 2011

Word #8

1. Allaying
2. Yahoo News
3. But Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the reactor's inner containment vessel holding the nuclear fuel rods was intact, allaying some fears of the risk to the environment.
4. Verb (used with object), -layed, -lay·ing.
1.
to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm;quiet.
2.
to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate: to allay pain.
5. The troops came in to allay any trouble that citizens were worried about.

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