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the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise, official approval

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Approbation

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to make easier or milder, relief, to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Assuage

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to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

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Elicit

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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

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Expostulate

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used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hackneyed

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to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement

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intercede

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worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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meritorious

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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated or upset

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Petulant

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a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence

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prerogative

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to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of

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Simulate

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shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade, an over shadowing influence or power, offense, resentment, a vague suspicion

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umbrage

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excessively smooth or smug, trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity

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unctuous

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to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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Ameliorate

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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence

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Aplomb

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without experience, immature, not fully developed

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Callow

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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose

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Drivel

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a summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality

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Epotime

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18
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to urge strongly

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Exhort

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by virtue of holding a certain office

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Ex Officio

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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

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Ingratiate

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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted, intruder

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Interloper

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to make a violet attack in words

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Inveigh

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mysterious, magical, supernatural

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Occult

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to spread through, penetrate, soak through

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permeate

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Strict, sharp or bitter in taste

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Stringent

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to think or believe without certain supportive evidence

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Surmise

27
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to have an intense dislike or hatred for

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Abominate

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the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another

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Acculturation

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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character, accidental

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Adventitious

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roundabout, not direct

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Circuitous

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to have pity or sorry for

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Commiserate

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to make easy, cause to progress faster

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Expedite

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resulting from or marked by lack of attention

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Inadvertent

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not decisive or definite

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Noncommittal

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Composure, or coolness

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Sangfroid

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thin, slender, not dense

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Tenuous

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bitter, sarcastic

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Vitriolic

38
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to use coaxing, or flattery to gain some desired end

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wheedle

39
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to increase in greatness, power or wealth

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Aggrandize

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shapeless, without definite form

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Amorphous

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illegal traffic, smuggled good

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Contraband

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scholarly, learned, bookish

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Erudite

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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

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Gossamer

44
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incapable of being understood

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Inscrutable

45
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to find out by reasoning

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Infer

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incapable of being changed or called back

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Irrevocable

47
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a natural inclination predilection toward

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Propensity

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to argue or plead with someone against something

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Remonstrate

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to re-echo, resound

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Reverberate

50
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coarsely abusive, vulgar and low, foul mouthed

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Scurrilous

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persistent, showing industry and determination

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Sedulous

52
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a general pardon for an offense against a gov

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Amnesty

53
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self-government, political control

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Autonomy

54
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to adorn or embelish

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Blazon

55
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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Caveat

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tending to be troublesome, unruly

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Fractious

57
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a rule of concept or action

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Precept

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beneficial, helpful

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Salutary

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