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my vocab final
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12th Grade
12/14/2009
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approbation
 Definition
commendation, sanction
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assuage
 Definition
mitigate,alleviate,slake,allay
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coalition
 Definition
alliance,league,federation,combine
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Decadence
 Definition
degeneration,corruption
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Elicit
 Definition
call forth,evoke,extract,educe
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Exspostulate
 Definition
protest,remonstrate,complain
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Hackneyed
 Definition
banal,trite,commonplace,corny
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Hiatus
 Definition
pause,lacuna
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Innuendo
 Definition
insinuation,intimation
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intercede
 Definition
intervene,mediate
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jaded
 Definition
sated,surfeited,cloyed
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lurid
 Definition
gruesome,gory,grisly,baleful,ghastly
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meritorious
 Definition
praiseworthy,laudable,commendable
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petulant
 Definition
irritable,testy,waspish
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prerogative
 Definition
perquisite,perk
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provincial
 Definition
narrow-minded,parochial,insular,naive
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simulate
 Definition
feign,pretend,affect
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transend
 Definition
surpass,outstrip
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umbrage
 Definition
irritation,pique,annoyance
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unctuous
 Definition
mealymouthed,servile,fawning,greasy
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