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| 5003581533 | Approbation | (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval S: commendation, sanction A: disapproval, condemnation, censure | 0 | |
| 5003594538 | Assuage | (v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench S: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay | 1 | |
| 5003610187 | Coalition | (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose S: alliance, league, federation, combine, A: splinter group | 2 | |
| 5003631910 | Decadence | (n) a decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence S: degeneration, corruption A: rise, growth, development, maturation | 3 | |
| 5003650084 | Elicit | (v) to draw forth, bring out from some course or decision by earnest reasoning S: call forth, evoke, extract, educe A: repress, quash, squelch, stifle | 4 | |
| 5003663541 | Expostulate | (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning S: Protest. remonstrate, complain | 5 | |
| 5003675949 | Hackneyed | (adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality S: banal, trite, commonplace, corny A: new, fresh, novel, original | 6 | |
| 5003685839 | Hiatus | (n) a gap, opening, break, (in the sense of an element missing) S: pause, lacuna A: continuity, continuation | 7 | |
| 5003696438 | Innuendo | (n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) S: insinuation, intimation A: direct statement | 8 | |
| 5003709056 | Intercede | (v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in an argument S: intervene, mediate | 9 | |
| 5003718191 | Jaded | (adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) S: sated, surfeited, cloyed A: unspoiled, uncloyed | 10 | |
| 5003939128 | Lurid | (adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint S: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly A: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome | 11 | |
| 5003958140 | Meritorious | (adj) worthy, deserving or recognition and praise S: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable A: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable | 12 | |
| 5003966737 | Petulant | (adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset S: irritable, testy, waspish A: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable | 13 | |
| 5003989703 | Prerogative | (n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence S: perquisite, perk | 14 | |
| 5004001739 | 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 colony S: (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive A: (adj) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded | 15 | |
| 5004042873 | Simulate | (V) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer sign of S: feign, pretend, affect | 16 | |
| 5004053373 | Transcend | (V) to rise above or beyond, exceed S: surpass, outstrip | 17 | |
| 5004060245 | Umbrage | (n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion S: irritation, pique, annoyance A: pleasure, delight, satisfaction | 18 | |
| 5004082941 | Unctuous | (adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression or earnestness, sincerity or piety; fatty, oily, pliable S: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy A: Gruff, blunt | 19 |
