Term | Definition |
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 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 LOOK AT ME | (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; a plain design that originated in the countryside; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view or from an outlying area; a soldier from a 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; offence, resentment; a vague suspicion |
Unctuous | (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |