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20 Cards in this Set
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Approbation
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a. (noun) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
b. SYNONYMS: Sanction c. ANTONYMS: Disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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Assuage
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a. (verb) To make easier or milder, to relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
b. SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay c. ANTONYMS: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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Coalition
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a. (noun) Combination, union, merger for some specific purpose
b. SYNONYMS: alliance, league, federation, combine c. ANTONYMS: splinter group |
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Decadence
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a. (noun) Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive indulgence
b. SYNONYMS: degeneration, corruption c. ANTONYMS: rise, growth, maturation |
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Elicit
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a. (verb) To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
b. SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe c. ANTONYMS: repress, squash, squelch, stifle |
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Expostulate
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a. (verb) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision
b. SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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Hackneyed
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a. (adjective) use so often as to lack freshness or originality
b. SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny c. ANTONYMS: new, fresh, novel, original |
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Hiatus
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a. (noun) A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
b. SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna c. ANTONYMS: continuity, continuation |
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Innuendo
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a. (noun) A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (all in a derogatory sense)
b. SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation c. ANTONYMS: direct statement |
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Intercede
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a. (verb) To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
b. SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate |
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Jaded
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a. (adjective) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
b. SYNONYMS: sated, surfeited, cloyed c. ANTONYMS: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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12. Lurid
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a. (adjective) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
b. SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly c. ANTONYMS: pleasant attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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Meritorious
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a. (adjective) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
b. SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable c. ANTONYMS: blameworthy, reprehensible |
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Petulant
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a. (adjective) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
b. SYNONYMS: irritable, testy, waspish c. ANTONYMS: amiable, placid |
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Prerogative
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a. (noun) Special right or privilege; a special quality showing
b. SYNONYMS: perquisite, perk |
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Provincial
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a. (adjective) pertaining to an outlying area; local; 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
b. SYNONYMS: (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive c. ANTONYMS: (adj) cosmopolitan, broad-minded |
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Simulate
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a. (verb) To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
b. SYNONYMS: pretend, affec |
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Transcend
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a. (verb) To rise above or beyond, exceed
b. SYNONYMS: Surpass, outstrip |
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Umbrage
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a. (noun) Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
b. SYNONYMS: irritation, pique c. ANTONYMS: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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Unctuous
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a. (adjective) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnest, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable
b. SYNONYMS: mealy-mouthed, fawning, greasy c. ANTONYMS: gruff, blunt |
