DEFINITIONS
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
SENTENCES
SENTENCES
100
WORTHY, DESERVING RECOGNITION AND PRAISE
What is MERITORIOUS
100

a common OVERUSED plot

HACKNEYED

100
could never be AGGRAVATED
What is ASSUAGED
100

A great work of art will __________time and be enjoyed for generations to come.

What is TRANSCEND.

100
IT IS THE JOB OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER TO __ ON BEHALF OF ANY DEFENDANT WHO CANNOT AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
What is INTERCEDE
200

deserving praise, praiseworthy

What is meritorious.

200
based on NARROW-MINDED attitudes
What is PROVINCIAL
200
a truly ORIGINAL story
What is HACKNEYED
200

A COMPLAINING, WHINING CUSTOMER IS IGNORED DUE TO HER _____________REMARKS. 

PETULANT

200

THE POLICE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO __ A CONFESSION FROM THE SUSPECTS, BUT THE LATTER CONSISTENTLY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME.

What is ELICIT

300
TO QUIET OR CALM
What is ASSUAGE
300
distracted by the IRRITABLE student
What is PETULANT
300

cited for DISCREDITABLE service

What is MERITORIOUS

300
IT IS THE FUNCTION OF GENIUS TO __ THE ORDINARY, THE COMMONPLACE, AND THE EXPECTED AND TO LEAVE US BREATHLESS IN WONDER AT ITS ORIGINALITY.
What is TRANSCEND
300
CLICHES SUCH AS "SMART AS A WHIP" AND "COOL AS A CUCUMBER" ARE __, STALE EXPRESSIONS, AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO AVOID THEM IN YOUR WRITING.
What is HACKNEYED
400

shocking, horrifying, sensational

What is LURID

400

approval , favorable opinion

What is APPROBATION

400
had a COSMOPOLITAN outlook
What is PROVINCIAL
400
IT IS BECOMING RARE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE TO GIVE ___ TO REQUESTS FOR INCREASED FINANCIAL AID.
What is APPROBATION
400
SERIOUS ILLNESS FORCED A(N) ___ IN HER EDUCATION; HOWEVER, SHE RECOVERED QUICKLY AND RETURNED TO SCHOOL WITH MORE FOCUS.
What is HIATUS
500

local, narrow, not broad

provincial

500

grisly, gory, ghastly

lurid

500

CONTINUITY, CONTINUATION

HIATUS

500

PSYCHOLOGY SUGGESTS THAT A GIRL WHO GROWS UP WITHOUT A FATHER COULD SEEK THE ______________ OF MEN IN HER ADULT LIFE.

APPROBATION

500

BECAUSE CHOCOLATE CAKE ADDS INCHES TO YOUR WAISTLINE, IT CAN BE VIEWED AS THE ___________ OF A GOOD DIET PLAN.

DECADENCE

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