(n.) the expression of approval or
favorable opinion, praise; official
approval
SYNONYM: sanction
• (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve
• SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay
A higher wage
would assuage
my feelings of
being gipped.
• (n.) a combination, union or merger for some
specific purpose
• SYNONYM: alliance, league, federation
• (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; excessive
self-indulgence
• SYNONYM: degeneration, corruption
1980s America:
“Decade of Decadence”
• (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source
(such as another person)
• SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe
• (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from
some course or decision by earnest reasoning
• SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain
Protest to keep
the Expos
before it’s too
late!
• (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or
originality
• SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
1)Hackneyed
2)H(L)ackney(w)ed
3)Lacknew
Def: lack freshness or
originality
• (n.) a gap, opening, or break
• SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna
HI+AT+US
“If anyone says
‘Hi’ along the
way, we will
definitely take
a break and
talk for awhile”.
• (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
(often in a derogatory sense)
• SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation
• (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else
• SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate
• (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled
• SYNONYMS: sated, cloyed
JADED sounds like
FADED, which means
worn out!
• (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale
or sallow in color
• SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, ghastly
When fishing, I use
a RED LURE, or
LURE RED, which is
shocking,
gruesome, and
sensational to the
fish.
• (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
• SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable,
commendable
• (adj.) peevish, easily irritated and upset
• SYNONYMS: testy, irritable
• (n.) a special right or privilege; a special
quality showing excellence
• SYNONYM: perk
• (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
• (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate
• SYNONYMS: pretend, affect
• (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
• SYNONYMS: surpass, outstrip
(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
SYN: surpass, outstrip
• (n.) shade cast by trees; an overshadowing
influence or power, resentment; a vague
suspicion
• SYNONYM: irritation
• (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too
hard to give an impression of earnestness,
sincerity or piety
• SYNONYMS: mealymouthed, fawning
UNCTUOUS
“Our uncle
lacked
sincerity to
us”.