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Approbation

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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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Assauge

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To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put and end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Coalition

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A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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Decadence

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Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence

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Elicit

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

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Expostulate

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

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Hackneyed

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Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hiatus

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A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

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Innuendo

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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

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Intercede

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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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Jaded

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Wearied, worn out, dulled (in sense of being satisfied by excessive indulgence)

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Lurid

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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational: pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Meritorious

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Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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Petulant

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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

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Prerogitive

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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

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Provincial

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Pertaining to an outlying area; a person with a narrow point of view; person from outlying area

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Simulate

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

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Transcend

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To rise above or beyond exceed

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Umbrage

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Shade cast by trees: foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment, vague suspicion

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Unctuous

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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily, pliable

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Ameliorate

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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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Aplomb

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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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Bombastic

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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Callow

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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

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Drivel
N. Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense, V. To utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
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Epitome
A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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Exhort
To urge strongly, advise earnestly
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Ex officio
By virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized boynds
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Ingratiate
To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (critical or derogatory sense)
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Interloper
One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
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Intrinisc
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature
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Inveigh
To make a violent attack in words, express strong dissaproval
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Lassitude
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
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Millennium
A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
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Occult
ADJ. mysterious, magical, supernatual; secret hidden from view; not detecable by ordinary means V. To hide conceal; eclipse N. Matters involving the supernatural
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Permeate
To spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Precipitate
V. To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down a great height, to give distinct form ADJ. characterized by excessive haste N. Moisture; the product of an action or process
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Stringent
Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
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Surmise
V. To think or believe w/o certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess N. Likely idea that lacks proof
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Abominate
To have an intense dislike or hatred for
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Acculturation
The modification of the social patterns, traits or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
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Adventitious
Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential
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Ascribe
To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
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Circuitous
Roundabout, not direct
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Commiserate
To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
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Enjoin
To direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit
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Expedite
To make easy; cause to progress faster
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Expiate
To make amends, make up for; to avert
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Ferment
A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
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Inadvertent
Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental
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Nominal
Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
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Noncommital
Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
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Peculate
To steal something that has been giving into ones trust; to take improperly for ones own use
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Proclivity
A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)
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Sangfroid
Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances
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Seditious
Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government
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Tenuous
Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of alight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported
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Vitriolic
Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)
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Wheedle
To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

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