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approbation
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the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
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s: commendation, sanction
a: disapproval, censure |
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assuage
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to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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s: mitigate, alleviate,allay
a: intensify, aggravate |
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coalition
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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s: alliance, league, federation
a: splinter group |
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decadence
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decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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s: degeneration, corruption
a: growth, development |
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elicit
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to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
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s: call forth, evoke, extract
a: repress, stifle |
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expostulate
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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s: protest, remonstrate, complain
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hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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s: banal, trite, commonplace
a: new, fresh, novel |
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hiatus
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a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
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s: pause, lacuna
a: continuity, continuation |
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innuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
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s: insinuation, intimation
a: direct statement |
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intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a desagreement
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s: intervene, mediate
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jaded
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wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
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s: sated, surfeited, cloyed
a: 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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s: gruesome, grisly, ghastly
a: pleasant, appealing |
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meritorious
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worthy, deserving recognition and praise
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s: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
a: blameworthy, discreditable |
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petulant
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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s: irritable, testy, waspish
a: even-tempered, amiable |
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prerogative
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a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellece
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s: perquisite, perk
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provincial
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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; a person with a narrown point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
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s: narrow-minded, parochial, insular
a: catholic, broad-minded |
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simulate
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to make a pretense of , imitate; to show the outer signs of
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s: feign, pretend, affect
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transcend
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
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s: surpass, outstrip
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umbrage
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shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
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s: irritation, pique, annoyance
a: pleasure, delight |
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unctuous
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excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
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s: servile, fawning, greasy
a: gruff, blunt |
