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20 Cards in this Set
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Approbation
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(n)the expression of approval; praise
SYNONYMS: Sanction ANTONYMS: Disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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Assuage
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(v)To make easier; to calm; to put an end to
SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay ANTONYMS: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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Coalition
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(n)combination, union
SYNONYMS: alliance, league, federation, combine ANTONYMS: splinter group |
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Decadence
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(n)decline,decay
SYNONYMS: degeneration, corruption ANTONYMS: rise, growth, maturation |
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Elicit
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(v)to draw forth, bring out
SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe ANTONYMS: repress, squash, squelch, stifle |
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Exposulate
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(v)to attempt to dissuade someone from some course
SYNONYMS: protest, complain, remonstrate |
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Hackneyed
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(adj)use so often as to lack freshness
SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny ANTONYMS: new, fresh, novel, original |
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Hiatus
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(n)a gap, opening, break
SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna ANTONYMS: continuity, continuation |
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Innuendo
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(n)a hint, indirect suggestion
SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation ANTONYMS: direct statement |
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Intercede
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(v)to plead on behalf of someone else; third party
SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate |
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Jaded
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(adj)worn out, dulled
SYNONYMS: sated, surfeited, cloyed ANTONYMS: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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Lurid
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(adj)causing shock or horror
SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly ANTONYMS: pleasant attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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Meritorious
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(adj)worthy, deserving praise
SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable ANTONYMS: blameworthy, reprehensible |
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Petulant
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(adj)annoyed by trifles, easily irritated
SYNONYMS: irritable, testy, waspish ANTONYMS: amiable, placid |
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Prerogative
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(n)special right or privilege
SYNONYMS: perquisite, perk |
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Provincial
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(adj) narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
SYNONYMS: (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive ANTONYMS: (adj) cosmopolitan, broad-minded |
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Simulate
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(v)imitate ; to make pretense of
SYNONYMS: pretend, affect |
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Transcend
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(v)to rise above or beyond
SYNONYMS: Surpass, outstrip |
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Umbrage
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(n)shade cast by trees; giving shade' overshadowing influence or power
SYNONYMS: irritation, pique ANTONYMS: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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Unctuous
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(adj)excessively smooth or smug
SYNONYMS: mealy-mouthed, fawning, greasy ANTONYMS: gruff, blunt |
