- From the balcony of the bullet-pocked hotel, the foreign correspondents could hear
hundreds of women and children lamenting the fallen soldiers. - As the snowstorm gained in intensity, Stan lamented his decision that morning to dress in
shorts and a T-shirt.
Lamentable (LAM en tuh bul) or (luh MEN tuh bul) means “regrettable.”
malleable (MAL ee uh bul) adj easy to shape or bend
Mnemonic:Something MELTABLE is MALLEABLE; it can be RE-SHAPED.- Modeling clay is very malleable. So is Stuart. We can make him do whatever we want
him to do
mediate (MEE dee ayt) v to help settle differences
Mnemonic:In math, the MEDIAN is the MIDDLE number in a set, so to MEDIATE is to help
two parties meet in the MIDDLE and settle a dispute.