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20 Cards in this Set
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Approbation |
Commendation, sanction disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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assuage |
mitigate,alleviate, slake, allay intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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coalition |
alliance, combine splinter group |
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decadence
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degeneration, corruption rise, growth, maturation |
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elicit |
call forth, evoke, extract, educe repress, quash, squelch |
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expostulate |
protest, remonstrate, complain |
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hackneyed |
banal, trite, commonplace new, fresh, novel |
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hiatus |
pause, lacuna continuity, continuation |
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innuendo |
insinuation, intimation direct statement |
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intercede |
intervene, mediate |
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jaded |
sated, surfeited, cloyed
unspoiled, uncloyed |
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lurid |
gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful
pleasant, attrractive |
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meritorious |
praiseworthy, laudable
blameworthy, reprehensive |
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petulant |
annoying, testy, waspish
even-tempered, placid, amiable |
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pregoative |
perquisite, perk
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provinical |
narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
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simulate |
feign, pretend
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transcend
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surpass, outstrip
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umbrage |
annoying, pique
pleasure, delight, tasteful |
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unctuous |
mealy-mouthed, servile, fawning, greasy gruff, blunt |
