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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 or 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; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment, a vague suspicion |
| Unctuous | (adj.) Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to five an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pilable |
| Ameliorate | (v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Aplomb | (n.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| Bombastic | (adj.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| Callow | (adj.) Without experience, immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without features |
| Drivel | (n.) Saliva or Mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| Epitome | (n.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| Exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| Ex Officio | (adj.,adv.) By virtue of holding a certain office |
| Infringe | (v.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| Ingratiate | (v.) To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| Interloper | (n.) 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 | (v.) To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| Lassitude | (n.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium (pl., Millennia) | (n.) A period of one thousand; a period of great joy |
| Occult | (adj.) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hid, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural |
| Permeate | (v.) To spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| Precipitate | (v.) To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct from to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) 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 | (v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence, to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
| Abominate | (v.) To have an intense dislike or hatred for |
| Acculturation | (n.) The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contract with those of another; the resultant blend |
| Adventitious | (adj.) Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital |
| Ascribe | (v.) To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute |
| Circuitous | (adj.) Roundabout, not direct |
| Commiserate | (v.) To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| Enjoin | (v.) To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit |
| Expedite | (v.) To make easy, cause to progress faster |
| Expiate | (v.) To make amends, make up for; to avert |
| 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 |
| Inadvertent | (adj.) Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental |
| Nominal | (adj.) Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously |
| Noncommittal | (adj.) Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no |
| Peculate | (v.) To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use |
| Proclivity | (n.) A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior) |
| Sangfroid | (n.) Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances |
| Seditious | (adj.) Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |
| Tenuous | (adj.) Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported |
| Vitriolic | (adj.) Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) |
| Wheedle | (v.) To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |
