| A | B |
|---|
| approbation | expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise |
| assuage | to make easier or milderl; to quiet, calm |
| coalition | combination, union, merger for some specific purposespecific purpose |
| decadence | decline, deday, deterioration (often applied to morals, art, etc) |
| elicit | to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| errant | wandering, moving in an aimless or lightly changing way, deviating from what is correct or accepted |
| hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| hiatus | hap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| innuendo | hint, indirect suggestion or reference (orten in a derogatory sense) |
| intercede | to plead in behalf of some else; to serve as a 3rd party or go-between in a quarrel or other disagreement |
| jaded | wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence |
| laggard | person who moves slowly or falls behing; excessively slow, falling behind |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving recogintion and praise |
| petulant | peevish, annoyed my trifles, easily irritated and upset |
| prerogative | special right or privilege |
| provincial | narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in sense of being limited and backward; pertaining to an outlying area; (n) person with narrow point of view |
| simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of |
| transcend | to rise above or beyond; exceed |
| umbrage | offense, resentment |
| unctuous | excessively smooth and smug, ingratiating, trying too hard to give and impression or superior morality |
