Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#2 of the day: MOLLIFY Modi - TopicsExpress



          

Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#2 of the day: MOLLIFY Modi moves to mollify Shiv Sena. [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: Mar 12, 2014)]. ‘Mollify’ means to lessen somebody’s anger or to pacify someone if he/she is upset. Apt synonyms of the word are – appease, pacify, placate, conciliate, soothe, allay, alleviate and mitigate. Mollify originates from the Latin word ‘mollificare’, which means to ‘make soft’. A few other words that belong to the same root and have got something to do with its meaning ‘to soften’ are – mollycoddle (spoil by overindulging someone, especially children), mollusk (an invertebrate having a soft body enclosed in a hard shell) and emollient (having the quality of having smoothening and softening effect). Interested in #CareerLaunchers products, to know more check here: bit.ly/1efnrx9
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:30:00 +0000

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