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Def. -the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
Synonym -commendation, sanction
I was nodded approbation when I walked into class for my schoolwork. |
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Def. - to make easier; to put an end to, satisfy
Synonym - mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
He challenges them to assuage their behavior in the classroom. |
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Def. - a combonation, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Synonym - alliance, league, federation, combine9. I do not approve of the coalition’s protesting because they are ranting over a stupid cause. |
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Def - decline, decay, deterioration
Synonym - degeneration, corruption
Trying to fix problems, Haiti has to much decadence for it to improve exceedingly. |
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Def. - to draw forth, to bring out from some source
Synonym - call forth, evoke, extract, educe
To elicit my brother from the closet, we had to pull him out. |
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Def. - to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Synonym - protest, remonstrate, complain
She told him to expostulate with his coach his practice time. |
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Def. - used so often as to lack of freshness or originality
Synonym - banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Mr. Buttermaker tossed Jack and I a hackneyed baseball to throw with |
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a gap, opening, break
Synonym - pause, lacuna |
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a hint, reference
Synonym - insinuation, intimation |
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to plead on behalf of someone else
Synonyms - intervene, mediate |
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wearied, worn-out
synonym- sated, surfeited, cloyed |
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causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale or sallow in color
synonym- gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly |
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worthy, deserving recognition and praise
synonym- praiseworthy, laudable, commendable |
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated
synonyms- irritable, testy, waspish |
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a special right or privilege
synonym- perquisite, perk |
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(adj) local; narrow in mind or outlook (noun) person with a narrow point of view
synonym- narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive |
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to make a pretense of, imitate
synonyms- feign, pretend, affect |
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to rise above or beyond
synonym- surpass, outstrip |
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shade by cast of trees, overshadowing influence
synonym- irritation, pique, annoyance |
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| adj excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to make an impression of earnestness synonyms- mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy |
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