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