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approbation
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expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise
syn: commendation, sanction ant: disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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assuage
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to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, calm, put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
syn: mitigate, allieviate, slake, allay ant: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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coalition
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
syn: alliance, leaugue, federation, combine ant: splinter group |
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decadence
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decline, decay, or deterioration, excessive self indulgance
syn: degeneration, corruption ant: rise, growth, development, maturation |
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elicit
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to draw forth, bring out from some source
syn: call forth, evoke, extract, educe ant: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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expostulate
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
syn: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
syn: banal, trite, commonplace, corny ant: new, fesh, novel, original |
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hiatus
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a gap, opening, break
syn: pause, lacuna ant: continuity, continuation |
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innuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
syn: insinutation,intimation ant: direct statement |
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intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as the go between in a disagreement
syn: intervene, mediate |
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jaded
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wearied, worn out, dulled
syn: sated, surfeited, cloyed ant: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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lurid
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causing shock, horror, or revulsion, sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
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