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| (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise, official approval |
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| syn: commendable, sanction |
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| ant: disapproval, censure, condemnation |
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| (v)to make easier or milder, to quiet, calm, relieve, to put an end to, to appease, satisfy, quench |
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| syn: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay |
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| ant: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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| (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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| syn: alliance, league, federation, combine |
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| (n) decline, decay or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or decay, excessive self-indulgence |
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| syn: degeneration, corruption |
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| ant: rise, growth, development, maturation |
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| (v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
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| syn: call forth, evoke, extract, educe |
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| ant: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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| (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some source or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| syn: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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| (adj) used to so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| syn: banal, trite, commonplace, corny |
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| (n) a gap, opening, break ( in the sense of having an element missing) |
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| (n) a hint, indirect suggestion or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
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| syn: insinuation, intinuation |
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| (v) to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or of between in a disagreement |
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| (adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled ( in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| (adj) causing shock , horror or revulsion, sensational, pale or sallow in color, terrified or passionate intensity or lack or restraint |
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| syn: gruesome, gory, grisly, ghastly, baleful |
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| ant: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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| (adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| syn: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable |
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| (adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| syn: irritable, testy, waspish |
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| ant: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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| (n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
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| (adj) local, narrow-minded/outlook, being limited or backward,plain designate in the countryside |
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| (n) narrow-minded person, person from outlying area, soldier from a province or colony |
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| syn: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive |
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| ant: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
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| (v) to make a pretense of, imitate, show outer signs of |
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| (v) to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| (adj) excessively smooth or smug,trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety, fatty, oily, pliable |
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| syn: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy |
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| (n) shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade, an overshadowing influence or power, offense, resentment, a vague suspicion |
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| syn:irritation, pique, annoyance |
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| ant: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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