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Approbation
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(n) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
SYNONYMS: commendation, sanction ANTONYMS: disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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Assuage
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(v) 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 |
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Coalition
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(n) A combination, union, or 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 self-indulgence
SYNONYMS: degeneration, corruption ANTONYMS: rise, growth, development, maturation |
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Elicit
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(v) To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
SYNONYMS: call forth, evoke, extract, educe ANTONYMS: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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Expostulate
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(v) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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Hackneyed
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(adj) Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny ANTONYMS: new, fresh, 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 (often 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, discreditable |
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Petulant
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(adj) Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
SYNONYMS: irritable, testy, waspish ANTONYMS: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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Prerogative
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(n) A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
SYNONYMS: perquisite, perk |
