Unit 1 Synonyms Flashcards by Shane McFillin | Brainscape

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Sanction

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Approbation

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Mitigat, slake, allay

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Assuage

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Alliance, league, federation, combine

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Coalition

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Degeneration, corruption

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Decadence

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Evoke, extract, educe

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Elicit

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Protest, remonstrate, complain

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Expostulate

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Banal, trite, commonplace, corny

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Hackneyed

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Pause, lacuna

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Hiatus

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Insinuation, intimation,

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Innuendo

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Intervene, mediate

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Intercede

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Sated, surfeited, cloyed

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Jaded

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Gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

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Lurid

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Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

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Meritorious

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Irritable, testy, waspish

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Petulant

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Perquisite, perk

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Prerogative

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Narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

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Provincial

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Pretend, affect

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Simulate

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Surpass, outstrip

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Transcend

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Irritation, pique

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Umbrage

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Mealymouthed, fawning, greasy

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Unctuous