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SAT Vocab Review Unit 3
Problem 13 of 36
When the crowd began chanting angrily, the mayor stepped onto the podium and spoke calmly, hoping to quell the rising tension before it turned into a full-blown protest.
As used in the text, what does the word "quell" most nearly mean?
