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20 Cards in this Set
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The expression of approval or favorable opinion prais
Syn- Commendation, sanction Ant- Disapproval, condemnation, Censure |
Approbation
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To make easier, relive, calm
Syn- mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay Ant- Intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
Assuge
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Combation union
Syn- Alliance, lauge, feration, combine Ant- splinter group |
Coalition
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Decline, decay,
Syn- Degeneration, corruption ant- rise, growth, development, maturation |
Decadence
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To draw forth, get something
syn- Call foth, evoke, extract, educe Ant- repress quash, squelch, stifle |
Elicit
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Reasoning, persuade
syn- protest, remonstrate, complain |
Expostulate
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used so often as to lack freshness
syn- banal, trite, commonplace, corny ant- new, fresh, novel, orginal |
Hackneyed
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a gap, break
Syn- pause,lacuna Ant- continuity, continuation |
Hiatus
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Hint, reference
syn- insinuation, intimation ant- direct statement |
Innuendo
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To plead on behalf of someone else
syn- intervene, mediate |
Intercede
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Wearied, work-out, dulled
syn- sated, surfeited, cloyed ant- unspolied, uncloyed |
Jaded
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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion
syn-gruesome, gory,grisly ant pleasent, wholesome, attractive |
Lurid
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Worthy deserving
syn- praiseworthy, laudable ant- blameworthy, reprehensible |
Meritotious
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peevish, miserable, irritated
syn- irritable, testy, waspish ant- even- tempered, placid, amiable |
Petulant
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A right or privliage
ayn- perquisite, perk |
Prerogative
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countryside,
syn- narrow-minded, parochial, insular ant- cosmopolitan, satisfied, catholic |
Provincial
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Imitate, make a pretense of
syn- feign pretend, affect |
Simulate
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To rise above, exceed
syn- surpass outstrip |
Trancend
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Shade cast by trees, esentment
syn- irritation, pique, annoyance ant- pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
Umbrage
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Smooth, slick talker
syn- mealymouthed, servile, fawning, ant- gruff, blunt |
Unctuous
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