December 31, 2008

Quell

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–verb (used with object) 
1. to suppress; put an end 
to
; extinguish: The [troops] quelled the rebellion quickly.  

2. to vanquish

–verb (used with object)
1. to conquer or subdue 
by 
superior force, as in battle

2. to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over: to vanquish one's [opponent] in an argument.
3. to overcome or overpower: He vanquished all his [fears].

; subdue.
3. to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.): The child's mother quelled his fears of the thunder.  


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There were times on the set of Darjeeling, for instance, when Anderson would doubt his instincts: "Okay, am I doing too much of a 'thing I do' here?" he would ask the crew. Coppola was quick to quell the director’s [insecurities].


bluff
buff
is getting his edges [buffed] by Raymond's [ingratiating] eccentricities and attachment [to] routine. 

divest
sequence in which Sister Luke divests [herself] of her religious [robes], dons street garb, and walks out to an uncertain future.
elide
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation
Law. to annul or quash
Postscript noting the fates of certain characters conveniently [elides] the sad and/or ironic destinies awaitin[g s]ome of them. 
Debilitate








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