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Approbation
Favorable oppinion, praise, official approval
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Assuage
To make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, calm
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Coalition
A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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Decadence
Decline, decay, or deterioration, Excessive self-indulgence
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Elicit
To draw forth, bring out
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Expostulate
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnerst reasoning
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Hackneyed
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality, corny
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Hiatus
A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
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Innuendo
A hint, indirect suggestion
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Intercede
To plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a go-between in a disagreement
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Jaded
Wearied, worn-out, dulled
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Lurid
Causeing shock, horror, or revulsion, sensational
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Meritorious
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise
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Petulant
Peevish, Easily irritated and upset
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Prerogative
A special right or privilage
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Provincial
- (adj.) Pertaining to an outlying area, narrow in mind or outlook
- (n.) A person with a narrow point of veiw, a person from an outlying area
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Simulate
To imitate, pretend
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Transcend
To ride above or beyond, exceed
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Umbrage
Shade cast by trees, an overshadowing influence or power
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Unctuous
Excessively smooth or smug, fatty, oily
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