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Approbation-
Noun: The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise: Official approval
Synonyms: Commendation
Sanction
Antonyms: Disapproval
Condemnation
Censure
Assuage-
Verb: To make easier or milder, relieve; To quiet, calm; To put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
Synonyms: Mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Antonyms: Intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
Coalition-
Noun: a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine,
Antonyms: splinter group
Decadence-
Noun: Decline, decay, or deterioration; A condition or period of decline or decay; Excessive self-induldgence
Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation
Elicit-
Verb: To draw forth, being out from some source (such as another person)
Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle
Expostulate-
Verb: to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
Hackneyed-
Adjective: used so often as to lack freshness or originality
Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original
Hiatus-
Noun: A gap, opening, break(in the sense of having an element missing)
Synonyms: pause, lacuna
Antonyms: continuity, continuation
Innuendo-
Noun: a hint, indirect suggestion or reference
Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
Antonyms: direct statement
*Often used in a Derogatory sense*
Intercede-
Verb: to please on half of someone else; To serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
Synonyms: Intervene, immediate
Jaded-
Adjective: wearied, worn-out, dulled
Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed
* In the Sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence*
Lurid-
Adjective: causing shock, horror, or revulsion; Sensational; Pale or sallow in color; Terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
Synonyms: gruesome, gory, baleful, ghastly
Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
Meritorious-
Adjective: worthy, deserving recognition and praise
Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
Petulant-
Adjective: peevish, annoyed by butterflies, easily irritated and upset
Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish
Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
Prerogative-
Noun: a special right or privilege; A special quality showing excellence
Synonyms: perquisite, perk
Provincial-
Adjective: pertaining to an out-lying area; local; Narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plan design that originated in the country-side
Noun: a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
Synonyms: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded
Simulate-
Verb: to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
Synonyms: feign, pretend, affect
Transcend-
Verb: to rise above or beyond, exceed
Synonyms: surpass, outstrip
Umbrage-
Noun: Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
Unctuous-
Adjective- excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable
Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
Antonyms: gruff, blunt