Level F Unit 1

an expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise

approbation

official approval

approbation

Synonym: sanction

approbation

Antonym: disappointment

approbation

Antonym: condemnation

approbation

Antonym: censure

approbation

What part of speech is approbation

noun

to make easier or milder, relieve

assuage

to put an end to

assuage

appease, satisfy, quench

assuage

Synonym: mitigate

assuage

Synonym: slake

assuage

Synonym: allay

assuage

Antonym: intensify

assuage

Antonym: aggravate

assuage

Antonym: exacerbate

assuage

What part of speech is assuage

verb

a union, merger, or combination for some purpose

coalition

Synonym: combine

coalition

Synonym: league

coalition

Synonym: federation

coalition

Synonym: allience

coalition

Antonym: splinter group

coalition

What part of speech is coalition

noun

a decline or decay, deterioration; a period or condition of decline or decay

decadence

excessive self-indulgence

decadence

Synonym: degeneration

decadence

Synonym: corruption

decadence

Antonym: rise

decadence

Antonym: growth

decadence

Antonym: maturation

decadence

What part of speech is decadence

noun

to pull forth, to bring out from a source (for example, another person)

elicit

Synonym: evoke

elicit

Synonym: educe

elicit

Synonym: extract

elicit

Antonym: repress

elicit

Antonym: squash

elicit

Antonym: quash

elicit

Antonym: stifle

elicit

to attempt to dissuade someone from a course or decision with earnest reasoning

expostulate

Synonym: remonstrate

expostulate

Synonym: protest

expostulate

Synonym: complain

expostulate

What part of speech is expostulate

verb

What part of speech is elicit

verb

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

hackneyed

Synonym: trite

hackneyed

Synonym: banal

hackneyed

Synonym: commonplace

hackneyed

Synonym: corny

hackneyed

Antonym: new

hackneyed

Antonym: novel

hackneyed

Antonym: original

hackneyed

Antonym: fresh

hackneyed

What part of speech is hackneyed

adjective

a gap, opening, break (in a sense that an element is missing)

haitus

Synonym: pause

haitus

Synonym: lacuna

haitus

Antonym: continuation, continuity

haitus

a hint, indirect suggestion, a reference (mainly derogatory)

innuendo

Synonym: insinuation

innuendo

Synonym: intimation

innuendo

Antonym: direct statement

innuendo

What part of speech is haitus

noun

What part of speech is innuendo

noun

to plead on behalf of someone

intercede

to be a third party or go-between in a disagreement

intercede

What part of speech is intercede

verb

Synonym: intervene

intercede

Synonym: mediate

intercede

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

jaded

Synonym: surfeited

jaded

Synonym: cloyed

jaded

Synonym: sated

jaded

Antonym: unspoiled

jaded

Antonym: uncloyed

jaded

What part of speech is jaded

adjective

causing shock, horror, revulsion

lurid

sensational

lurid

pale or sallow in color

lurid

terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

lurid

Synonym: ghastly

lurid

Synonym: gory

lurid

Synonym: gruesome

lurid

Synonym: grisly

lurid

Synonym: baleful

lurid

Antonym: attractive

lurid

Antonym: appealing

lurid

Antonym: wholesome

lurid

Antonym: pleasant

lurid

worthy; deserving of recognition or praise

meritous

Synonym: praiseworthy

meritous

Synonym: laudable

meritous

Synonym: commendable

meritous

Antonym: blameworthy

meritous

Antonym: reprehensible

meritous

What part of speech is meritous

adjective

What part of speech is lurid

adjective

peevish; annoyed by trifles, easily irritated or upset

petulant