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20 Cards in this Set
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The expression of approval or favorable opion, praise; offical approval
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Approbation
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To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appase, satisy quench.
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Assuage
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A combination, union, or merger fo some specific putpose.
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Coalition
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Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or perido of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence.
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Decadence
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To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person).
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Elicit
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To attempt to dissuade someone from some couse or decision by earnest reasoning.
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Expostulate
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Used so often as to lack freshness or orignality.
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Hackneyed
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A gap opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing).
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Hiatus
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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatoy sense).
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Innuendo
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To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement.
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Intercede
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Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence).
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Jaded
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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint.
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Lurid
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Worthy, deserving recognition and praise.
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Meritorious
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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irrated and upset.
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Petulant
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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence.
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Prerogative
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Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that orginated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a solider from a province or colony.
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Provincial
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To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of.
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Simulate
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To rise aboce or beyond, exceed.
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Transcend
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Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion.
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Umbrage
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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable.
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Unctuous
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