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Approbation

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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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Assauge

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To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put and end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Coalition

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A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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Decadence

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Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence

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Elicit

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To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

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Expostulate

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To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

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Hackneyed

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Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hiatus

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A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

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Innuendo

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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

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Intercede

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To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement

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Jaded

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Wearied, worn out, dulled (in sense of being satisfied by excessive indulgence)

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Lurid

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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational: pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Meritorious

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Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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Petulant

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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

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Prerogitive

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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

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Provincial

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Pertaining to an outlying area; a person with a narrow point of view; person from outlying area

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Simulate

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To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

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Transcend

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To rise above or beyond exceed

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Umbrage

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Shade cast by trees: foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment, vague suspicion

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Unctuous

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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily, pliable

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Ameliorate

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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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Aplomb

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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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Bombastic

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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Callow

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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

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Drivel

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N. Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense,
V. To utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

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Epitome

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A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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Exhort

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To urge strongly, advise earnestly

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Ex officio

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By virtue of holding a certain office

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Infringe

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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized boynds

30
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Ingratiate

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To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (critical or derogatory sense)

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Interloper

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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

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Intrinisc

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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature

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Inveigh

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To make a violent attack in words, express strong dissaproval

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Lassitude

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Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

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Millennium

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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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Occult

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ADJ. mysterious, magical, supernatual; secret hidden from view; not detecable by ordinary means
V. To hide conceal; eclipse
N. Matters involving the supernatural

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Permeate

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To spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Precipitate

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V. To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down a great height, to give distinct form
ADJ. characterized by excessive haste
N. Moisture; the product of an action or process

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Stringent

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Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

40
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Surmise

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V. To think or believe w/o certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
N. Likely idea that lacks proof

41
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Abominate

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To have an intense dislike or hatred for

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Acculturation

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The modification of the social patterns, traits or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

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Adventitious

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Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential

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Ascribe

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To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

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Circuitous

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Roundabout, not direct

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Commiserate

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To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

47
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Enjoin

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To direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit

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Expedite

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To make easy; cause to progress faster

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Expiate

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To make amends, make up for; to avert

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Ferment

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A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action

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Inadvertent

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Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

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Nominal

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Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously

53
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Noncommital

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Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no

54
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Peculate

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To steal something that has been giving into ones trust; to take improperly for ones own use

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Proclivity

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A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)

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Sangfroid

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Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

57
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Seditious

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Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

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Tenuous

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Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of alight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

59
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Vitriolic

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Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)

60
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Wheedle

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To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

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