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| approbation | praise; approval, commendation |
| assuage | to mitigate; to appease |
| coalition | an alliance, league, federation |
| decadence | decline, decay, degeneration |
| elicit | to call forth, evoke, extract |
| expostulate | to protest, remonstrate, complain |
| hackneyed | trite, commonplace, corny |
| hiatus | a gap, break; a pause |
| innuendo | an insinuation, hint, intimation |
| intercede | to intervene, mediate, plead |
| jaded | weary, worn-out from over indulgence |
| lurid | gruesome, gory, grisly, ghastly |
| meritorious | praiseworthy, laudable, commendable |
| petulant | peevish, easily irritated by the "little stuff" |
| prerogative | a special right or privilege |
| provincial | local; narrow-minded |
| simulate | to pretend; imitate |
| transcend | to rise above; to surpass |
| umbrage | offense, annoyance, resentment |
| unctuous | trying too hard to make a good impression; oily |
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