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20 Cards in this Set
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Approbation |
Definition -The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise, official approval.
Synonym -Sanction.
Antonyms -Disapproval, condemnation, censure. |
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Assuage |
Definition -To make easier or milder, relieve to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench.
Synonyms -Mitigate, slake, allay.
Antonyms -Intensify, aggravate, exacerbate. |
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Coalition |
Definition -A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose.
Synonyms -Alliance, league, federation, combine.
Antonyms -Splinter group. |
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Decadence |
Definition -Decline decay or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or decay, excessive self-indulgence.
Synonyms -Degeneration, corruption.
Antonyms -Rise, growth, maturation. |
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Elicit |
Definition -To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person). Synonyms -Evoke, extract, educe. Antonyms -Repress, quash, squelch, stifle. |
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Expostulate |
Definition -To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning. Synonyms -Protest, remonstrate, complain. |
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Hackneyed |
Definition -Used so often as to lack freshness or originality. Synonyms -Banal, trite, commonplace, corny. Antonyms -New, fresh, novel, original. |
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Hiatus |
Definition -A gap or opening, break (I'm the sense of having an element missing). Synonyms -Pause, lacuna. Antonyms -Continuity, continuation. |
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Innuendo |
Definition -A hint, indirect suggestion, reference (often in a derogatory sense). Synonyms -Insinuation, intimation. Antonyms -Direct statement. |
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Intercede |
Definition -To please on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement. Synonyms -Intervene, meditate. |
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Jaded |
Definition -Wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence. Synonyms -Sated, surfeited, cloyed. Antonyms -Unspoiled, uncloyed. |
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Lurid |
Definition -Causing shock, horror, revulsion, sensational, pale or sallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint. Synonyms -Gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly. Antonyms -Pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome. |
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Meritorious |
Definition -Worthy, deserving recognition and praise. Synonyms -Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable. Antonyms -Blameworthy, reprehensible. |
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Petulant |
Definition -Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset. Synonyms -Irritable, testy, waspish. Antonyms -Amiabl, placid. |
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Prerogative |
Definition -A special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence. Synonyms -Perquisite, perk. |
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Provincial |
Definition -Pertaining to an outlying area, local, narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward,a person with a narrow point of view, a soldier from a province or colony. Synonym -Narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive. Antonyms -Cosmopolitan, broad-minded. |
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Simulate |
Definition -To make pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of. Synonyms -Pretend, affect. |
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Transcend |
Definition -To rise above or beyond, exceed. Synonyms -Surpass, outstrip. |
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Umbrage |
Definition -Shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade, an overshadowing influence or power. Synonyms -Irritation, pique. Antonyms -Pleasure, delight, satisfactory. |
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Unctuous |
Definition -Excessively smooth or smug, trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, pity, fatty, oily, pliable. Synonyms -Mealymouthed, fawning, greasy. Antonyms -Gruff, blunt. |
