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(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval SYNONYM: sanction.

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1 (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval SYNONYM: sanction

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3 (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay

4 A higher wage would assuage my feelings of being gipped.

5 (n.) a combination, union or merger for some specific purpose SYNONYM: alliance, league, federation

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7 (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; excessive self-indulgence SYNONYM: degeneration, corruption

8 1980s America: “Decade of Decadence”

9 (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe

10 (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain

11 Protest to keep the Expos before it’s too late!

12 (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

13 1)Hackneyed 2)H(L)ackney(w)ed 3)Lacknew Def: lack freshness or originality 1)Hackneyed 2)H(L)ackney(w)ed 3)Lacknew Def: lack freshness or originality

14 (n.) a gap, opening, or break SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna

15 HI+AT+US “If anyone says ‘Hi’ along the way, we will definitely take a break and talk for awhile”. HI+AT+US “If anyone says ‘Hi’ along the way, we will definitely take a break and talk for awhile”.

16 (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation

17 (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate

18 “Intercede and plead for the freed Swede”.

19 (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled SYNONYMS: sated, cloyed

20 JADED sounds like FADED, which means worn out!

21 (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale or sallow in color SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, ghastly

22 When fishing, I use a RED LURE, or LURE RED, which is shocking, gruesome, and sensational to the fish.

23 (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

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25 (adj.) peevish, easily irritated and upset SYNONYMS: testy, irritable

26 “My pet dog is easily irritated during lent”

27 (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence SYNONYM: perk

28 (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; 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 SYNONYMS: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, naive

29 (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate SYNONYMS: pretend, affect

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31 (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed SYNONYMS: surpass, outstrip

32 v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed SYN: surpass, outstrip

33 (n.) shade cast by trees; an overshadowing influence or power, resentment; a vague suspicion SYNONYM: irritation

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35 (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety SYNONYMS: mealymouthed, fawning

36 UNCTUOUS “Our uncle lacked sincerity to us”.


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