| Term | Definition |
|---|
| approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve, calm, appease |
| coalition | union, alliance, combine for a specific purpose |
| decadence | decline, decay, self-indulgence |
| elicit | draw forth, bring out from some source, extract |
| expostulate | to attempt to dissuade from some decision by reasoning, protest, complain |
| hackneyed | used so often as to lack of originality |
| hiatus | a gap, pause, stop, break |
| innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, insinuation, initmidation |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else, a third party |
| jaded | wearied, worn out |
| lurid | causing shock or horror, gruesome |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
| petulant | easily irritated |
| prerogative | a special right or privilege, special quality showing excellence |
| provincial | pertainign to an outlying area, lmited ana backward, a person with a narrow minded view, person from outlying area |
| simulate | imitate, pretend |
| transcend | to rise above or beyond, surpass |
| umbrage | irritation, annoyance, resentment, offense (ofender) |
| unctuous | trying too hard to give an impression of honesty, fawning |
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