Unit 1 (synonyms and antonyms)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approbation | SYN: commendation, sanction ANT: disapproval, condemnation, censure |
| assuage | SYN: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay ANT: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
| coalition | SYN: alliance, league, federation, combine ANT: splinter group |
| decadence | SYN: degeneration, corruption ANT: rise, growth, development, maturation |
| elicit | SYN: call forth, evoke, extract, educe ANT: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
| expostulate | SYN: protest, remonstrate, complain |
| hackneyed | SYN: banal, trite, commonplace, corny ANT: new, fresh, novel, original |
| hiatus | SYN: pause, lacuna ANT: continuity, continuation |
| innuendo | SYN: insinuation, intimation ANT: direct statement |
| intercede | SYN: intervene, mediate |
| jaded | SYN: sated, surfeited, cloyed ANT: unspoiled, uncloyed |
| lurid | SYN: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly ANT: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
| meritorious | SYN: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable ANT: blameworthy, rephrensible, discreditable |
| petulant | SYN: irritable, testy, waspish ANT: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
| prerogative | SYN: perquisite, perk |
| provincial | SYN: (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive ANT: (adj) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
| simulate | SYN: feign, pretend, affect |
| transcend | SYN: surpass, outstrip |
| umbrage | SYN: irritation, pique, annoyance ANT: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
| unctuous | SYN: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy ANT: gruff, blunt |
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