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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, 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 the 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, uncloyed |
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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 restraint
SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, 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, naive 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: mealymouthed, fawning, greasy ANTONYMS: gruff, blunt |