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20 Cards in this Set
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commendation, sanction
disapproval, condemnation, censure |
approbation
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mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
assuage
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alliance, league, federation, combine
splinter group |
coalition
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degeneration, corruption
rise growth, development, maturation |
decadence
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call forth, evoke, extract, educe
repress quash, squelch, stifle |
elicit
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protest, remonstrate, complain
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expostulate
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banal, trite, commonplace, corny
new, fresh, novel, original |
hackneyed
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pause, lacuna
continuity, continuation |
hiatus
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insinuation, intimation
direct statement |
innuendo
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intervene, mediate
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intercede
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sated, surfeited, cloyed
unspoiled, uncloyed |
jaded
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geuesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
lurid
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praiseowrthy, laudable, commendable
blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
meritorious
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irritable, testy, waspish
even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
petulant
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prequisite, perk
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prerogative
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narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
provincial
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feign, pretend, affect
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simulate
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surpass, outstrip
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transcend
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irritation, pique, annoyance
pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
umbrage
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mealmouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
gruff, blunt |
unctuous
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