5923695491 | approbation | (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval synonyms: sanction antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure | 0 | |
5923695492 | assuage | (v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench synonyms: mitigate, slake, allay antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate | 1 | |
5923695493 | coalition | (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine antonyms: splinter, group | 2 | |
5923695494 | decadence | (n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence synonyms: degeneration, corruption antonyms: rise, growth, maturation | 3 | |
5923695495 | elicit | (v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) synonyms: evoke, extract, educe antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle | 4 | |
5923695496 | exposulate | (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain | 5 | |
5923695497 | hackneyed | (adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original | 6 | |
5923695498 | hiatus | (n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) synonyms: pause, lacuna antonyms: continuity, continuation | 7 | |
5923695499 | innuendo | (n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) synonyms: insinuation, intimation antonyms: direct statement | 8 | |
5923695500 | intercede | (v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement synonyms: intervene, mediate | 9 | |
5923695501 | jaded | (adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed | 10 | |
5923695502 | lurid | (adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; place or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome | 11 | |
5923695503 | meritorious | (adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible | 12 | |
5923695504 | petulant | (adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish antonyms: amiable, placid | 13 | |
5923695505 | prerogative | (n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence synonyms: perquisite, perk | 14 | |
5923695506 | provincial | (adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; 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 country synonyms; (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naïve antonyms; (adj) cosmopolitan, broad-minded | 15 | |
5923695507 | simulate | (v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of synonyms: pretend, affect | 16 | |
5923695508 | transcend | (v) to rise above or beyond, exceed synonyms: surpass, outstrip | 17 | |
5923695509 | umbrage | (n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion synonyms: irritation, pique antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction | 18 | |
5923695510 | unctuous | (adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable synonyms: mealy-mouthed, fawning, greasy antonyms: gruff, blunt | 19 |
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