Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary level f
Terms
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- approbation
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the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
commendation, sanction
disapproval, condemnation, censure - assuage
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to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet or calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
intensify, aggravate, exacerbate - coalition
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
alliance, league, federation, combine
splinter group - decadence
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decline, decay, or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
degeneration, corruption
rise, growth, development, maturation - elicit
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to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
call forth, evoke, extract, educe
repress, quash, squelch, stifle - expostulate
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
protest, remonstrate, complain - hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
banal, trite, commonplace, corny
new, fresh, novel, original - hiatus
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a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having something missing)
pause, lacuna
continuity, continuation - innuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference ( often in a derogatory sense)
insinuation, intimation
direct statement - intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone, to serve as a third party in a go-between or disagreement
intervene, mediate - jaded
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wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) PERSON
sated, surfeited, cloyed
unspoiled, uncloyed - lurid
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causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome - meritorious
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worthy, deserving recognition and praise
praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
blameworhty, reprehensible, discreditable - petulant
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
irritable, testy, waspish
even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable - prerogative
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a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence
perquisite, perk - provincial
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pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded - simulate
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to make a pretense of, imitate; to show outer signs of
feign, pretend, affect - transcend
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
surpass, outstrip - umbrage
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shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense; resentment; a vague suspicion
irritation, pique, annoyance
pleasure, delight, satisfaction - unctuous
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excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable
mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
gruff, blunt