| Term | Definition |
|---|
| approbation | approval, favor, allowance, authorization |
| assuage | allay, alleviate, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate |
| coalition | a combination or alliance, a union into one body or mass; fusion |
| decadence | atrophy, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, corruption |
| elicit | draw, educe, summon, badger, bite, bring, bring forth |
| expostulate | challenge, demur, except, inveigh, protest, remonstrate, argue |
| hackneyed | made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry. |
| hiatus | break, interim, lacuna, void, aperture, blank, breach |
| innuendo | allusion, aside, aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation |
| intercede | advocate, arbitrate, barge in, butt in, intermediate, interpose, intervene |
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