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approbation
(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

SYNONYMS: Sanction
ANTONYMS: Disapproval, condemnation, censure
assuage
(v) to make easier or milder, to relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay
ANTONYMS: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
coalition
(n) combination, union, merger for some specific purpose

SYNONYMS: alliance, league, federation, combine
ANTONYMS: splinter group
decadence
(n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive indulgence

SYNONYMS: degeneration, corruption
ANTONYMS: rise, growth, maturation
elicit
(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe
ANTONYMS: repress, squash, squelch, stifle
expostulate
(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision

SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain
hackneyed
(adj) use so often as to lack freshness or originality

SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
ANTONYMS: new, fresh, novel, original
hiatus
(n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna
ANTONYMS: continuity, continuation
innuendo
(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (all in a derogatory sense)

SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation
ANTONYMS: direct statement
intercede
(v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate
jaded
(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

SYNONYMS: sated, surfeited, cloyed
ANTONYMS: unspoiled, uncloyed
lurid
(adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
ANTONYMS: pleasant attractive, appealing, wholesome
meritorious
(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
ANTONYMS: blameworthy, reprehensible
petulant
(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

SYNONYMS: irritable, testy, waspish
ANTONYMS: amiable, placid
prerogative
(n) special right or privilege; a special quality showing

SYNONYMS: perquisite, perk
provincial
(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

SYNONYMS: (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
ANTONYMS: (adj) cosmopolitan, broad-minded
simulate
(v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

SYNONYMS: pretend, affect
transcend
(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

SYNONYMS: Surpass, outstrip
umbrage
(n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

SYNONYMS: irritation, pique
ANTONYMS: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
unctuous
(adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnest, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable

SYNONYMS: mealymouthed, fawning, greasy
ANTONYMS: gruff, blunt