Vocabulary 15 1. aegis 2. amends 3. conciliatory 4. conducive 5. extricate 6. foster 7. importune 8. mediate 9. mitigate 10. rectify

aegis

Protection, backing, support

conciliatory

appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile, overcoming distrust or hostility,

foster

help develop, help grow

amends

something done to make up for a fault or mistake

conducive

supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about

mediate

to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides

importune

to ask persistently; to beg

extricate

to free, to disentangle

mitigate

to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

rectify

to make right, correct