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20 Cards in this Set
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approbation: commendation, sanction
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ant: disapproval, condemnation, censure
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assuage: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
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ant: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
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coalition: alliance, league, federation, combine
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ant: splinter group
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decadence: degeneration, corruption
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ant: rise, growth, development, maturation
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elicit: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
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ant: repress, quash, squelch, stifle
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expostulate: protest, remonstrate, complain
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none
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hackneyed: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
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ant: new, fresh, novel, original
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hiatus: pause, lacuna
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ant: continuity, continuation
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innuendo: insinuation, intimation
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ant: direct statement
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intercede: intervene, mediate
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none
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jaded: sated, sufeited, cloyed
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ant: unspoiled, uncloyed
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lurid: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
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ant: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
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meritorious: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
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ant: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
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petulant: irratable, testy, waspish
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ant: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
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prerogative: perquisite, perk
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none
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provincial: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
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ant: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded
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simulate: feign, pretend, affect
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none
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transcend: surpass, outstrip
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none
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umbrage: irritation, pique, annoyance
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ant: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
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unctuous: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
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ant: gruff, blunt
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