Reducing the Damage

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What is the purpose of the club's steps to mitigate the disruption?A. To make the disruption more intense and widespread.B. To hide the instructions from the people affected.C. To reduce its severity or harmful effects.D. To guarantee that every disagreement disappears permanently.

2Which example illustrates palliate in the figurative sense used here?A. A committee removes the entire cause of the problem and leaves nothing unresolved.B. A speaker deliberately creates a new disagreement.C. A small comfort eases people's frustration temporarily while the underlying dispute remains.D. An investigation definitively resolves every disputed question.

3Complete the sentence: The reminder was _____, simply restating a familiar date without causing harm or offense.A. maliciousB. innocuousC. perniciousD. inflammatory

Return to the reading

Return to top