English vocabulary

approbation

(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Assuage

(V.) To make milder or to relief

Coalition

(N.) Combination of groups, an alliance

decadence

(N.) State of decline or decay

Elicit

(V.) To draw forth or bring out

expostulate

(V.) Persuading someone not to do something

Hackneyed

(Adj.) Overused, lacking originally

hiatus

(N.) a gap, opening, break

innuendo

(N.) indirect hint

intercede

(V.) To go between, to intervene

Jaded adj

Dulled emotions or sense

Lurid adj

causing shock or horror

Meritorious adj

Worthy or deserving of praise or recognition

Petulant adj

easily irritated

prerogative n

a special right or privilege

provincial adj

Having to do with a geographic area

Simulate v

To copy or immate

transend v

to rise above or go beyond

umbarge n

Shade cast by trees a overshadowing influence

unconscious

flattering in a insincere way