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20 Cards in this Set
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approbation
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expression of approval
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assuage
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to make easier or milder
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mitigate; alleviate; slake; allay
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Coalition
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a combination, union
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Alliance, league, federation
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decadence
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decline, decay, or deterioration
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degeneration, corruption
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elicit
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to draw forth, bring out
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Call forth, evoke, extract
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expostulate
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attempt to dissuade
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protest, complain
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hackneyed
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lack of freshness
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common, corny, unoriginal
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hiatus
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a gap, opening, break
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pause, lacuna
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innuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion
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intercede
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to plead for someone else
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intervene, mediate
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jaded
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dulled from excessive indulgence
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sated
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lurid
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causing shock, lack of restraint
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gruesome, gory, grisly
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meritorious
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deserving recognition and praise
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praiseworthy
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petulant
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peevish, easily irritated
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irritable, testy
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prerogative
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a special right or privilege,
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prerequisite, perk
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provincial
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narrow in the mind, person from an outlying area
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narrow minded
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simulate
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imitate
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pretend,
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transcend
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to rise above and beyond,
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surpass
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umbrage
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offense, resentment,
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irritation,
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unctuous
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excessively smooth or smug
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greasy, mealymouthed
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