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40 Cards in this Set
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Def: the expression of approval of favorable opinion, praise; official approval
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Approbation
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Syn: commendation, sanction
Ant:Disapprobal, condemnation, censure |
Approbation
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Def: 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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Syn: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Ant: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
Assuage
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Def: a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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Coalition
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Syn: Alliance, league, federation, combine
Ant: Splinter group |
Coalition
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Def: Decline, decay, deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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Decadence
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Syn: Degeneration, corruption
Ant: Rise, growth, development, maturation |
Decadence
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Def: To draw forth, bring out from some source
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Elicit
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Syn: Call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Ant: Repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
Elicit
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Def: to attempt to dissuage someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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Expostulate
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Syn: protest, remonstrate, complain
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Expostulate
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Def: Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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Hackneyed
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Syn: Banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Ant: New, fresh, novel, original |
Hackneyed
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Def: A gap, opening, break
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Hiatus
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Syn: Pause, lacuna
Ant: Continuity, continuation |
Hiatus
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Def: Hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often derogatory)
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Innuendo
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Syn: insinuation, intimation
Ant: Direct statement |
Innuendo
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Def: 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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Syn: Intervene, mediate
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Intercede
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Def: Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
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Jaded
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Syn: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Ant: unspoinled, uncloyed |
Jaded
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Def: Causing shock, horror, or rebulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
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Lurid
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Syn: Gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Ant: Pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
Lurid
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Def: worth, deserving recognition and praise
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Meritorious
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Syn: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Ant: Blameworthy, reprehensivle, discreditable |
Meritorious
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Def: Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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Petulant
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Syn: Irritable, testy, waspish
Ant: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
Petulant
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Def: A special right or privelege; a special quality showing excellence
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Prerogative
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Syn: Perquisite, perk
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Prerogative
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Def: Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook (ADJ)
A person with a narrow point of view (NOUN) |
Provincial
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Syn: (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
Ant: (adj) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
Provincial
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Def: to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
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Simulate
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syn: feign, pretend, affect
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Simulate
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Def: to rise above or beyond, exceed
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Transcend
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Syn: surpass, outstripo
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Transcend
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Def: shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade; overshadowing influence or power, offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
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Umbrage
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Syn: irritation, pique, annoyance
Ant: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
Umbrage
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Def: excessibley smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
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Unctuous
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Syn: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
Ant: gruff, blunt |
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