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Hackneyed
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Overused; used so frequently and indiscriminately as to have lost its freshness and interest; made trite and commonplace; stale
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Assuage
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To soften, mitigate, calm, appease, allay
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Innuendo
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An indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a derogatory nature
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Lurid
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Gruesome; lurid; horrible
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Provincial
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Having or showing manners, viewpoints, etc considered Rednecky; characteristics of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal;
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Intercede
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Intervene; to act or impose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition
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Coalition
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Alliance/combination between persons, factions, states, etc
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Elicit
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To draw/bring out; educe; evoke
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Hiatus
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A break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, or action
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Approbation
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Intervene; approval; commendation
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