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| approbation | (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| assuage | (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| coalition | (n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
| decadence | (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
| elicit | (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| expostulate | (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning |
| hackneyed | (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| innuendo | (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
| intercede | (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
| lurid | (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| meritorious | (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
| petulant | (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
| prerogative | (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
| provincial | (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
| simulate | (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| transcend | (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed |
| umbrage | (n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
| unctuous | (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
| ameliorate | verb; to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming. |
| aplomb | noun; poise, assurance, great self- confidence; perpendicularity. |
| bombastic | adj; pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words inteded to conceal a lack of ideas. |
| callow | adj; without experience; immarture, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers. |
| drivel | NOUN; saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense. VERB; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly. |
| epitome | noun; a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality. |
| exhort | verb; to urge strongly, advise earnestly. |
| ex officio | adj, adv; by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | verb; to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds. |
| ingratiate | verb; to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in critical or derogatory sense) |
| interloper | noun; one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder. |
| intrinsic | adj; belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part. |
| inveigh | verb; to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval. |
| lassitude | noun; weariness of body or mind, lack of energy. |
| millennium | noun; a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy. |
| occult | ADJ; mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; VERB; to hide, conceal; eclipse; NOUN; matters involving the supernatural. |
| permeate | verb; to spread though, penetrate, soak through. |
| precipitate | VERB; to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down fro a great height; to give distinct form to; ADJ; characterized by excessive haste; NOUN; moisture; the product of an action or process. |
| stringent | adj; strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste. |
| surmise | VERB; to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; NOUN; likely idea that lacks definite proof. |
| abominate | (v) to have an intense dislike or hatred. loathe, abhor, despise, detest |
| acculturation | (n) the modification of social patterns, traits, structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; adaption. |
| adventitious | (adj) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental not essential. extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous |
| ascribe | (v) to assign or refer to. attribute. impute. credit |
| circuitous | (adj) roundabout, not direct. indirect, meandering. winding |
| commiserate | (v) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress. empathize. |
| enjoin | (v) to direct or order. to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way. to prohibit, bid, charge, command adjure. |
| expedite | (v) to make easy. cause to progress faster. accelerate, facilitate, speed up |
| expiate | (v) to make amends. make up for; to avert. redeem, atone, make reparation. |
| ferment | (n) a state of great excitement, agitation or turbulence.....(v)to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action....(n) commotion, turmoil, unrest |
| inadvertent | (adj) resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental, unconsidered. |
| nominal | (adj) existing in name only, not real; to small to be considered or taken seriously..titular, token, trifling, inconsequential |
| noncommittal | (adj) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position, or to say yes or no. cagey, uninformative, playing it safe, playing close to the vest |
| peculate | (v) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use. embezzle. defraud, misappropriate. |
| proclivity | (n) a natural or habitual inclination or tendacy (especially of human charactor or behavior). natural bent, penchant, propensity |
| sangfroid | (n) composure or coolness, exspecially in trying circumstances,, poise, self-assurance, equanimity, |
| seditious | (adj) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overflowing an establishmed government. mutinous, rebellious, subversive. |
| tenuous | (adj) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significiance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported, flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy |
| vitriolic | (adj) bitter, scarcastic; highly, caustic or biting(like a strong acid)... withering, acerbic, mordant, |
| wheedle | (v) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end.. cajole, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk |
| Affable | (adj.) Pleasant, curteous, agreeable, cordial, amicable, easy to talk to |
| Aggrandize | (v.) To increase in greatness, power or wealth, to intensify, to amplify |
| Amorphous | (adj.) Shapeless, formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate |
| Aura | (n.) That which surrounds, the distinctive air or personal quality, ambience |
| Contraband | (n.) Illegal traffic, smuggled goods, bootleg, something prohibited, illicit |
| Erudite | (adj.) Scholarly, well educated, learned, bookish, well-read |
| Gossamer | (adj.) Thin, light, sheer, airy, feathery, delicate, light cloth or gauze |
| Infer | (v.) To find out by reasoning, to hint, to suggest, to guess, to presume |
| Inscrutable | (adj.) Impossible of being understood, incomprehensable, impossible to see through |
| Insular | (adj.) narrow-minded, provincial, relating to |
| Irrevocable | (adj.) Irreversible, incapable of being changed |
| Propensity | (n.) Natural inclination, natural bent, proclivity |
| Querulous | (adj.) Petulant, peevish, cranky, complaining |
| Remonstrate | (v.) To argue, protest, expostulate, or plead with someone against something |
| Repudiate | (v.) To disown, to reject, to deny |
| Resilient | (adj.) Able to return to the original shape, springy, elastic, bouncy |
| Reverberate | (v.) To echo, to re-echo, resound, to reflect repeatedly |
| Scurrilous | (adj.) Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low in language, filthy, obscene |
| Sedulous | (adj.) Persistent, showing determination, tireless |
| Sleazy | (adj.)Thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, cheesy, inferior |
| anomalous | (adj.) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
| aspersion | (n.) a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
| bizarre | (adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
| brusque | (adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
| cajole | (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
| castigate | (v.) to punish severely; to criticize severely |
| contrive | (v.) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
| demagogue | (n.) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| disabuse | (v.) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
| ennui | (n.) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
| fetter | (n.) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural anything that confines or restrains; (v.) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
| heinous | (adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| immutable | (adj.) not subject to change, constant |
| insurgent | (n.) one who rebels or rises against authority; (adj.) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority surging or rushing in or on |
| megalomania | (n.) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality |
| sinecure | (n.) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
| surreptitious | (adj.) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| transgress | (v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
| transmute | (v.) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another |
| vicarious | (adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
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