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the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
S: commendation, sanction
A: condemnation, censure |
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to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
S: mitigate, slake, allay
A: exacerbate |
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
S: combine
A: slinter group |
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decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
S: degeneration, corruption
A: maturation |
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to draw forth, bring out from some source ( such as another person)
S: evoke, educe
A: quash, squelch, stifle |
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
S: remonstrate, complain
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
S: banal, trite, corny
A: novel |
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a gap, opening, break(in the sense of having an element missing)
S: pause, lacuna
A: continuation |
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
S: insinuation, intimation
A: direct statement |
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to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
S: intervene, mediate |
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wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
S: sated, surfeited, cloyed
A: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
S: gory, grisly, baleful
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worthy, deserving recognition and praise
S: laudable, commendable
A: reprehensible, discreditable |
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
S: irritable, testy, waspish
A: placid, serene, amiable |
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a special right or privele; a special quality showing excellence
S: perquisite, perk |
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pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countriflied in the sense of being limited and backward: of simple design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
S: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
A: cosmopolitan, broad-minded |
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to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
S: feign, pretend, affect |
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
S: outstrip |
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shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague supicion
S: pique |
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excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fattly oily; pliable
S: mealymouthed, servile
A: gruff, blunt |
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