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Umbrage
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Shade cast by trees foliage giving shade,
An overshadowing, Influence or power, Offense, resentment A vague suspicion |
Umbr - umbrella
An umbrella cast shadows and gives shade People who carry umbrellas are seen to have power |
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Transcend
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To rise beyond, exceed
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Provincial
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Pertaining to an outlying area
Narrow in mind, outlook countrified in sense of being limited, backward Plain design that orginated in countryside Person with a narrow point of view, person from outlying area Soldier from colony |
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Innuendo
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A hint, indirect suggestion or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
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Simulate
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To make a pretense of
Imitate To show the outer signs of |
The game Sims imitates real life experiences
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Assuage
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To make easier or milder, relieve
To quiet,calm, To put an end to appease, Satisfy, quench |
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Intercede
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To plead on behalf of someone else
To serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
Inter - Between
Cede - To Go |
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Expostulate
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To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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Exp - Example,
U Late - When your late pple will try and dissuade you from doing that |
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Coalition
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Combination, union or merger for some specific purpose
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Coal - is a combination of different chemicals
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Hackneyed
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Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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When someone Hacks into ur ideas and Eyes them they arent orignial or fresh anymore
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Lurid
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Causing shock, horror, or revision
Sensational Pale or sorrow in color, Terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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Meritorious
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Worthy, deserving,
Recognition and praise |
When you get a Merit of honor its b/c you are worthy and deserving of it
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Jaded
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Wearied, worn-out
Dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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Hiatus
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A gap, opening, break
(in the sense of having an element missing) |
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Petulant
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Peevish, annoyed by trifles
Easily irritated and upset |
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Elicit
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To draw forth,
Bring out from some source (such as another person) |
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Approbation
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Expression of approval or favorable
Opinion praise, Official approval |
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Decadence
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Decline, decay, or deterioration
A condition or period of decline or decay Excessive self - indulgence |
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Unctuous
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Excessively smooth or smug
Trying hard to give an impression of earnestness Sincerity or piety Fatty, oily, pliable |
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Prerogative
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A special right or privilege,
A special quality showing excellence |
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