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Synonyms: Commendation, sanction
Antonyms: Disapproval, Condemnation, Censure
Approbation
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Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Antonyms: Intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
assuage
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Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine
Antonyms: splinter group
Coalition
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Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation
Decadence
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Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repress, quash, squlech, stifle
elicit
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Syns: protest, remonstrate, complain, argue
Ants: keep quiet
Expostulate
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Syns: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Ants: new, fresh, novel, original
Hackneyed
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Syns: pause, lacuna, gap, opening
Ants: continuity, continuation
hiatus
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Syns: insinuation, intimation, aspersion, hint
Ants: direct statement
Innuendo
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Syns: intervene, mediate, intervene, negotiate
Ants: harm, counteract
Intercede
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Syns: sated, surfeited, cloyed, weary
Ants: unspoiled, uncloyed, fresh, unused
Jaded
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Syns: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Ants: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
Lurid
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Syns: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Ants: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
Meritorious
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Syns: irritable, testy, waspish, querulous
Ants: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable, happy
Petulant
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Syns: perquisite, perk, claim, advantage
Ants: duty, obligation
Prerogative
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Syns: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
Ants: (adj.) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded
Provincial
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Syns: feign, pretend, affect, resemble
Ants: be real
Stimulate
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Syns: surpass, outstrip, better, exceed
Ants: fail, lose
Transcend
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Syns: irritation, pique, annoyance
Ants: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
Umbrage
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Syns: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
Ants: gruff, blunt
Unctuous
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