New words from SAT TEST
1. Enthrall
- to hold the attention of (someone) by being very exciting, interesting, or beautiful
- Synonyms: arrest, bedazzle, catch up, enchant, fascinate, grip
Zaen was enthralled be the beauty of Najwa.
2. Encumber
- to make (someone or something) hold or carry something heavy
- Synonyms: clog, cramp, embarrass, hamper, fetter, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle
His offer to further his study in Australia encumbered his family.
3. Alleviate
- to reduce the pain or trouble of (something) or to make (something) less painful, difficult, or severe
- Synonyms: allay, help, assuage, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe
Kamal was home to alleviate his parents.
3. Phlegmatic
- not easily upset, excited, or angered
- Synonyms: affectless, apathetic, cold-blooded, emotionless, impassible, numb, passionless, impassive, stoic (or stoical), stolid, undemonstrative, unemotional
She is a really phlegmatic person as she never react in any condition.
4. Tractable
- easily managed or controlled
- Synonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, obedient
He trained his dog to make the dog little more tractable.
5. Stoic
- a person who accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion
- Synonyms: forbearing, long-suffering, patient (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining
She manage to obey the strict rules provided while in the PLKN because she is a stoic person
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