Wednesday, February 3, 2016

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·         allay (v)- to make (something) less severe or strong
      castigate (v)- to criticize harshly 

*  Activity:  Use both of these words in one sentence.  It has to make sense.

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  1. After the fashion designers models finished walking down the runway, the judges castigated her designs while she tried to allay the negative commentary.

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  2. The sergeant did not attempt to allay as he castigated his troops.

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  3. This morning my mother castigated me, and I asked her to allay her tone.

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    1. Instead of attempting to ALLAY his comments into more positive terms, the food critic decided to CASTIGATE the local restaurant for the poor quality of his meal and the sluggish service he received.

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  5. The employee's boss had to castigate him on his unimpressive work, but tried to allay the message as to not hurt the employee's feelings.

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  6. After the teacher castigated Ben's essay, his friends tried to allay what the teacher had said.

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  7. Our coach allayed our sprints by not giving us a time limit, but then castigated us because he was unhappy with how slow we were running.

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  8. She castigated the way I was exercising by yelling at me, because I allayed the workouts to make it easier on myself.

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  9. The POTUS was castigated for his choice to allay his stress and smoke weed with the VP.

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  10. Even after the president tried to allay the comments he made, people still castigated his presidency.

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  11. Although she would have preferred for him to allay her essay's flaws, Macy's teacher castigated it in his notes.

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  12. I studied for my calc test to allay the fear of a bad grade and Emma still decided to castigate me because I waste my time studying too much.

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  13. After missing many days of schools, Big Tuna was allayed in Calc but he didn't get castigated from Mr. Godack because he caught up with all his work quickly.

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  14. The master castigated his student for his poor use of magic, but Steve allayed the insults by speaking calming words.

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  15. Ms. Barnhart castigated Gill to allay her drug use.

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  16. My mother castigated me for inviting too many women to my house, but she allayed her castigation because she felt bad and knows I am a player.

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  17. My coach castigated my running form, but I allayed his criticism by doing well in my race.

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  18. The girl’s confidence was greatly allayed by the castigation of her singing.

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  19. That ingrate made the mistake of trying to argue with me. I allayed every point he presented one by one until he was invalidated across the board, and before he could back away with some semblance of dignity and grace I castigated his very core foundation for even considering the possibility of challenging me. He hasn't spoken to me since, and if he is even remotely intelligent he will keep it that way.

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  20. After castigating the very rude customer the man tried to allay his harsh words with discounts and compliments.

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  21. Critics do not tend to allay their opinions when castigating performances.

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  22. Ms. Barnhart stated that the essay was allayed and began to castigate the work piece by piece.

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  23. The coach refused to allay her punishment after she castigated the whole team.

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  24. My sister was castigated by my brother, and shortly after I came to allay the situation.

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  25. He allayed his apple juice by adding water to it even though his mother castigated him when he did that.

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  26. After my mother castigated me for my bad calculus grade, she offered me ice cream to allay her harsh words.

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  27. The parents helped to allay their devastated daughter as she dealt with the castigation of the judges.

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  28. The nurse offered a student Tylenol to allay her headache. The student castigated the decision because she is allergic.

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  29. My private lesson teacher castigated my cello performance, but the audience allayed his point with their deafening applause.

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  30. The English teacher castigated the student's essay, but not as allay as she usually would.

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  31. Victoria was castigating her students papers, but she graded on a curve to allay her tough grading.

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