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Aprobation
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(n) the epression of approval or favorable opinion, prais official approval
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Assuage
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(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy quench
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Coalition
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(n) a comination, union or merger for some specific purpose
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Decadence
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(n) decline, decay or deteioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence
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Elicit
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(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
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Expostulate
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(v) to attempt to dissuade someone form some course of decision by earnest reasoning
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Hackneyded
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(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or origninality
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Hiatus
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(n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an elemnt missing)
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Innuendo
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(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogtory sense)
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Intercede
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(v) 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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(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
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Lurid
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(adj) 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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(adj) worthy deserving recognition and praise
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Petulant
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(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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provincial
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(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 country side
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Jaded
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(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled(in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
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Lurid
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(adj) causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
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Meritoriouse
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(adj) worthy deserving recognition and praise
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