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20 Cards in this Set
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Hackneyed
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adj. used so often as to lack freashness or originality
s. banal, trite, commonplace, corny a. new, freash, novel, original |
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Interceded
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v. to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in disagreement
s. intervene, mediate |
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Coalition
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n. a combination, union, or merger for some spefic purpose
s. alliance, league, federation, combine a. splinter group |
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Transcend
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v. to rise above or beyond exceed
s. surpass, outstrip |
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Expostulate
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v. to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decissionby earnest reasoning
s. protest, remonstrate, complain |
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Lurid
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adj. causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color terrible or passionate in intensity or lack or restraint
s. grusome, glory, grisly, ghastly a. pleasent, attrative, appelling, wholesome |
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Approbation
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n. the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
s. commendation, sacction a. dissaproval, comdemnation, censure |
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Simulate
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v. to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
s. feign, pretend, affect |
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Unctuous
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adj. excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression or earnestness, simcerity or piety; fatty; oily; pliable
s. mealymouthed, servile, fawning a. blunt, gruff |
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Umbrage
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n. shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague, suspicion
s. irritation, pique, annoyance a. pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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Hiatus
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n. a gap, opening, break(in a sense of having an element missing)
s. pause, lacura a. continuty, continuation |
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Petulant
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adj. peevish, annoyed, by triffles, easily irritated and upset
s.irritable, testy, waspish a. even-tempered, placid, amiable |
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Assuage
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v. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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Innuendo
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n. a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derrogatory sense)
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Jaded
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adj. wearied, worn out, dulled(in the sense of being satiated by excessive indugence)
s. sated, sufeited, cloyed a. unspoiled, uncloyed |
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Perogative
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n. a special right or privelage; a special quality showing excellence
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Meritorous
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adj. worthy, desrving recognition and praise
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Elicit
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v. to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
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Provincial
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adj. 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 perosn with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
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Decadence
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n. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decine or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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