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