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25 Cards in this Set
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n. the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval or sanction
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approbation
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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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assuage
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n. a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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coalition
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n. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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decadence
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v. to draw forth, bring out from some source
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elicit
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v. to attempt to dissuage someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning
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expostulate
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adj. used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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hackneyed
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n. a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
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hiatus
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n. a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a deragatory sense)
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innuendo
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v. to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
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intercede
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adj. wearied, worn-out, dulled
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jaded
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adj. causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
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lurid
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adj. worthy, deserving recognition and praise
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meritorious
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adj. peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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petulant
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n. a special right ot privilege; a special quality showing excellence
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prerogative
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adj. pertainting to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
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provincial
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v. to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signes of
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simulate
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v. to rise above or beyond; exceed
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transcend
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n. foliage giving shade; shade cast by trees; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
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umbrage
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adj. fatty, oily, and pliable; excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety
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unctuous
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v. to hate; to regard with extreme repugnance; loathe
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abhor
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n. a noisy or angry dispute
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altercation
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n. intense dislike; opposition in feeling; incompatibility
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antipathy
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n. the direct opposite, contrast; the rhetorical contrrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangemements of words, clauses, or sentences
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antithesis
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v. to exchange back and forth
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bandy
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