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20 Cards in this Set
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approbation
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the expression of approval, or favorable opinion
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assuage
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to make easier, milder, relieve, satisfy, put to an end
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coalition
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a combination, union, merger
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decadence
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to decline, decay, or deterioration, period of decline.
excessive self-induulgence |
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elicit
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to draw forth, bring out from some source
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expostulate
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to attempt to dissaude someone from some course by earnest reasoning
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hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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hiatus
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a gap, opening, break
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inuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
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intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party, go between on a disagreement
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jaded
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wearied, worn out dulled
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lurid
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causing shock, horror, or revolsion, pale, terrible, passionate
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meritorious
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worthy, deserving recognition
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petulant
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily upset
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prerogative
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a special right or priviledge
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provincial
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pertaining to an outlying area, local, narrow, limited, person who is narrrow minded, a soldier from a province
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simulate
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to make a pretense of, imitate, feign
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transcend
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to rise above or beyond, to exceed
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umbrage
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shade cast by trees, foliage giving shadow
Overshadowing influence or power, resentment, vague suspicion |
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unctuous
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excessively smooth or smug, trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety
fatty, oily, plaible |
