Sadlier Unit 1 (10.09.2020)

Question 1

(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Answer 1

Approbation

Question 2

SYNONYMS commendation, sanction

Answer 2

Approbation

Question 3

ANTONYMS disapproval, condemnation, censure

Answer 3

Approbation

Question 4

(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to,
appease, satisfy, quench

Answer 4

Assuage

Question 5

SYNONYMS mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay

Answer 5

Assuage

Question 6

ANTONYMS intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

Answer 6

Assuage

Question 7

(n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Answer 7

Coalition

Question 8

SYNONYMS alliance, league, federation, combine

Answer 8

Coalition

Question 9

ANTONYMS splinter group

Answer 9

Coalition

Question 10

(n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or
decay; excessive self-indulgence

Answer 10

Decadence

Question 11

SYNONYMS degeneration, corruption

Answer 11

Decadence

Question 12

ANTONYMS rise, growth, development, maturation

Answer 12

Decadence

Question 13

(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Answer 13

Elicit

Question 14

SYNONYMS call forth, evoke, extract, educe

Answer 14

Elicit

Question 15

ANTONYMS repress, quash, squelch, stifle

Answer 15

Elicit

Question 16

(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by
earnest reasoning

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Expostulate

Question 17

SYNONYMS protest, remonstrate, complain

Answer 17

Expostulate

Question 18

(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Answer 18

Hackneyed

Question 19

SYNONYMS banal, trite, commonplace, corny

Answer 19

Hackneyed

Question 20

ANTONYMS new, fresh, novel, original

Answer 20

Hackneyed

Question 21

(n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Answer 21

Hiatus

Question 22

SYNONYMS pause, lacuna

Answer 22

Hiatus

Question 23

ANTONYMS continuity, continuation

Answer 23

Hiatus

Question 24

(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Answer 24

Innuendo

Question 25

SYNONYMS insinuation, intimation

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Innuendo

Question 26

ANTONYMS direct statement

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Innuendo

Question 27

(v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Answer 27

Intercede

Question 28

SYNONYMS intervene, mediate

Answer 28

Intercede

Question 29

(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Answer 29

Jaded

Question 30

SYNONYMS sated, surfeited, cloyed

Answer 30

Jaded

Question 31

ANTONYMS unspoiled, uncloyed

Answer 31

Jaded

Question 32

(adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Lurid

Question 33

SYNONYMS gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

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Lurid

Question 34

ANTONYMS pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

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Lurid

Question 35

(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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Meritorious

Question 36

SYNONYMS praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

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Meritorious

Question 37

ANTONYMS blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable

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Meritorious

Question 38

(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Answer 38

Petulant

Question 39

SYNONYMS irritable, testy, waspish

Answer 39

Petulant

Question 40

ANTONYMS even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

Answer 40

Petulant

Question 41

(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Answer 41

Prerogative

Question 42

SYNONYMS perquisite, perk

Answer 42

Prerogative

Question 43

(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside

Answer 43

Provincial

Question 44

SYNONYMS (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

Answer 44

Provincial

Question 45

ANTONYMS (adj) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

Answer 45

Provincial

Question 46

(v) to make a pretense of, imitate: to show the outer signs of

Answer 46

Simulate

Question 47

SYNONYMS feign, pretend, affect

Answer 47

Simulate

Question 48

(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Answer 48

Transcend

Question 49

SYNONYMS surpass, outstrip

Answer 49

Transcend

Question 50

(n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment

Answer 50

Umbrage

Question 51

SYNONYMS irritation, pique, annoyance

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Umbrage

Question 52

ANTONYMS pleasure, delight

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Umbrage

Question 53

(adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily; pliable

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Unctuous

Question 54

SYNONYMS mealy mouthed, servile, fawning, greasy

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Unctuous

Question 55

ANTONYMS gruff, blunt

Answer 55

Unctuous