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20 Cards in this Set
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approbation
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the expression of approval or favorable oppinon
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assuage
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to make easier, milder, relieve
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coalition
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combition, union
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decadence
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decline, decay, deterioration
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elicit
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to draw forth, bringout from some source
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expostulate
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to attempt to dissuade someone from course of earnest reasoning
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hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness and orginality
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hiatus
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a gap, opening, break, pause
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innuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or refference
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intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone else
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jaded
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wearied, worn-out, dulled
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lurid
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causing shock, horror, revulision
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meritorious
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worthy, derserving recongnition or praise
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petulant
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peevish, annoyeed by trifles
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prerogative
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a special right or privlege
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provincial
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pertaining an outlying area, local, narrow minded, naive
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simulate
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to make a pretens of, imitate
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transcend
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to rise above or beyone, excel
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umbrage
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shade cast by trees
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unctuous
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smooth, smug, greasy, trying to hard to give the impression of being earnest
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