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.
Jaded
Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence).
Lurid
Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint.
Meritorious
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise.
Petulant
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset.
Prerogative
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence.
Provincial
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; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a
Simulate
To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of.
Transcend
To rise above or beyond, exceed.
Umbrage
Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion.
Unctuous
Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable.
Ameliorate
To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming.
Aplomb
Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity.
Bombastic
Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas.
Callow
Without experience, immature; not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers.
Drivel
Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly.
Epitome
A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality.
Exhort
To urge strongly, advise earnestly.
Ex officio
By virtue of holding a certain office.
Infringe
To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds.
Ingratiate
To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others.
Interloper
One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder.
Intrinsic
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part.
Inveigh
To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval.
Lassitude
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy.
Millennium
A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy.
Occult
Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means; to hide, conceal; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural.
Permeate
To spread through, penetrate, soak through.
Precipitate
To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process.
Stringent
Strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste.
Surmise
To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof.
Abominate
To have an intense dislike or hatred for.
Acculturation
The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend.
Adventitious
Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, no essential; acquired, not congenital.
Ascribe
To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute.
Circuitous
Roundabout, not direct.
Commiserate
To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress.
Enjoin
To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit.
Expedite
To make easy, cause to progress faster.
Expiate
To make amends, make up for; to avert.
Ferment
A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action.
Inadvertent
Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental.
Nominal
Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously.
Noncommittal
Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no.
Peculate
To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use.
Proclivity
A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior).
Sangfroid
Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances.
Seditious
Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government.
Tenuous
Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported.
Vitriolic
Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid).
Wheedle
To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end.