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approbation |
the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise;official approval |
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assuage |
to make easier or milder,relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
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coalition |
a combination, union,or merger for some specific purpose |
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decadence |
decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay ; excessive self-indulgence |
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elicit |
to draw forth, bring out from some source ( such as another person) |
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expostulate |
to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or dicision by earnest reasoning |
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hackneyed |
used so often as to lack freashness or originality |
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hiatus |
a gap, opeing, break ( in the sense of having an element missing) |
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innuendo |
a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
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intercede |
to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a 3rd person party |
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jaded |
weardied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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lurid |
causing a shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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meritorious |
worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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petulant |
peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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perrogative |
a speacail right or privlige; a speacial quality showing excellence |
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provincial |
pertaining to an outlying area; local, narrow-minded, naive, parochial, narrow in mind or outlook |
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simulate |
to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
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transcend |
to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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umbrage |
shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offence, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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unctuous |
excessivley smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety;fatty, oily; pliable |
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ameliorate |
to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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aplomb |
poise, assurance, great self-confident; perpendicularity |
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bombastic |
pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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callow |
without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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drivel |
saliva or mucus flowing in the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense |
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epitome |
a summary, comdensed account; an instance that repersents 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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infinge |
to violate, trespass, go beyond reconizied bounds |
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ingratiate |
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
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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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intrinsic |
belonging to someone or something by its very nature essentail, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
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inveigh |
to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval (strong) |
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lassitude |
weariness of boody of 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 |
mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detctable by ordinary means |
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permeate |
to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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precipitate |
to fall as moiture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height |
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stringent |
strict, servere; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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surmise |
to think or believe without certian supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess |
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abominate |
to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
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acculturation |
the modification of the socail patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resulatnat blend |
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adventitious |
resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essentail |
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ascribe |
to assing or refer to , attribute (as a cause or source) |
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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 authouitativeway; to prohibit |
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expedite |
to make easy, cause to process faster |
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expiate |
to make amends, make up for; to advert |
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ferment |
a state of great excitment, agitaion, or turbulence |
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inadverent |
reasulting 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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noncommittal |
not dicisive or definite; umwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no |
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peculate |
to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use |
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proclivity |
a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
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sangfroid |
composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances |
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seditious |
resistant to lawfuk authority;having the purpose of overthrowing an established gov't |
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tenuous |
thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a soind basis, poorly supported |
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vitriolic |
bitter sacrcastic; 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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