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Approbation |
(N.) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
Synonyms: commendation, sanction |
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Assuage |
(V.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay |
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Coalition |
(N.) A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine |
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Decadence |
(N.) Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
Synonyms: degeneration, corruption |
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Elicit |
(V.) To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe |
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Expostulate |
(V.) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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Hackneyed |
(Adj.) Used so often as to lack the freshness or originality |
Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny |
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Hiatus |
(N.) A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
Synonyms: pause, lacuna |
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Innuendo |
(N.) A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
Synonyms: insinuation, intimation |
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Intercede |
(V.) To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
Synonyms: intervene, mediate |
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Jaded |
(Adj.) Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed |
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Lurid |
(Adj.) Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly |
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Meritorious |
(Adj.) Worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable |
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Petulant |
(Adj.) Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish |
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Prerogative |
(N.) A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
Synonyms: perquiste, perk |
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Provincial |
(Adj.) Pertaining to an outlying area |
Narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive |
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Simulate |
(V.) To make a pretense of, imitate; to shoe the outer signs of |
Synonyms: feign, pretend, affect |
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Transcend |
(V.) To rise above or beyond, exceed |
Synonyms: surpass, outstrip |
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Umbrage |
(N.) Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance |
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Unctuous |
(Adj.) Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy |
