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the expression of approval or favorable opinion NOUN
syn: commendation, sanction
antonyms: disaproval, condemntation, censure |
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to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm. VERB
syn: mitigate alleviate slake allay
antonyms: intenisfy aggravate exacerbate |
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a combination, union NOUN
syn: alliance league federation combine
antonyms: splinter group |
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decline, decay or deterioration NOUN
syn: degeneration, corruption
antonyms: rise growth development maturation |
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to draw forth, brong out from some source VERB
syn: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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to attempt to dissuade someone form some course or decison by earnest reasoning VERB
syn: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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used so often as to lack freshness ADJ
syn: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original |
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a gap, opening, brake NOUN
syn: pause, lacuna
antonyms: continuity, contination |
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a hint, indirect suggestion NOUN
syn: insinuation, intimation
A: direct statement |
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to plead on behalf of someone else VERB
S: intervene, mediate |
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wearied, worn out, dulled ADJ
S: sated, surfeited, cloyed
A: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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causing shock, horror, or revulsion ADJ
S: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
A: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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worth, deserving recognition and praise ADJ
S: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
A: blameworthy, reprehensible, discredible |
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peevish, annoyed by trifles ADJ
S: irritable, testy, waspish
A: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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a special right or privilege NOUN
S: perquisite, perk |
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ADJ pertaining to an outlying area; NOUN a person with a norrow point of view
S: narrow-minded, parachial, insular, naive
A: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
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to a pretense of, imitate VERB
S: feign, pretend, affect |
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to ride above or beyond VERB
S: surpass, outstrip |
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shade cast by trees; offensive, resentment NOUN
S: irritation, pique, annoyance
A: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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excessively smooth or smug, trying to hard to give an impression. ADJ
S: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
A: gruff, blunt |
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