| A | B |
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| Approbation | The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| Assuage | To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to; appease, satisfy, quench |
| Coalition | A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
| Decadence | Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay ; excessive self-indulgence |
| Elicit | To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| Expostulate | To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
| Hackneyed | Used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| Hiatus | A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
| Intercede | To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
