Vocabulary Words

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Approbation

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(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval. Synonyms: Sanction Antonyms: Disapproval, condemnation, censure.

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Assuage

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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.

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Coalition

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(n) combination, union, merger for some specific purpose. Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine. Antonyms: splinter group

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Decadence

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(n) decline; decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive indulgence. Synonyms: degeneration, corruption Antonyms: rise, growth, and maturation.

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Elicit

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(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person). Synonyms: evoke, extract, educe Antonyms: repress, squash, squelch, stifle

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Expostulate

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(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision. Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

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Hackneyed

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(adj) use so often as to lack freshness or originality. Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny. Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original

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Hiatus

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(n) a gap, opening, break (in a sense of having an element missing). Synonyms: pause, lacuna Antonyms: continuity, continuation.

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Innuendo

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(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (all in a derogatory sense) Synonyms: insinuation, intimation Antonyms: direct statement.

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Intercede

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(v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement. Synonyms: intervene, mediate

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Jaded

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(adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence). Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed Antonyms: unspoiled, unclosed.

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Lurid

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(adj) causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restrain. Synonym: gruesome, glory, grisly, baleful, ghastly Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

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Meritorious

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(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise. Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible

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Petulant

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(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset. Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish Antonyms: amiable, placid

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Prerogative

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(n) special right or privilege; a special quality showing. Synonyms: perquisite, perk

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Provincial

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(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, naïve Antonyms: (adj) cosmopolitan, broad-minded

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Simulate

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(v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of. Synonyms: pretend, affect

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Transcend

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(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed. Synonyms: Surpass, outstrip

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Umbrage

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(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

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Unctuous

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(adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnest, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable. Synonyms: mealy-mouthed, fawning, greasy Antonyms: gruff, blunt