worth \wurth]\
preposition
1. Good or important enough to justify (what is specified)
2. Having a value of, or equal in value to, as in money.
3. Having property to the value or amount of.
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mit·i·gate \MIT-i-geyt\
verb
1. To lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
2. To make less severe: to mitigate a punishment.
3. To make (a person, one’s state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease.
4. To become milder; lessen in severity.
ob·scu·rant·ism \uhb-SKYOORr-uhn-tiz-uhm\
noun
1. Opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
2. Deliberate obscurity or evasion of clarity.
than·a·top·sis \than-uh-TOP-sis\
noun
1. A view or contemplation of death.
2. A poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
an·i·mad·vert \an-uh-mad-VURT\
verb
1. To comment unfavorably or critically.
2. Obsolete. To take cognizance or notice of.
