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the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise: official approval
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approbation
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to make easier or milder;relieve; to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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assuage
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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coalition
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decline, decay, or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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decadence
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to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
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elicit
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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expostulate
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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hackneyed
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a gap, opening, break ( in the sense of having an element missing) pause
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hiatus
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a hint, indirect suggestion, insinuating, or reference (often in a derogatory sense
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innuendo
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to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement
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intercede
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wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
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jaded
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causing shock,horror, or revulsion, sensational, pale or shallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint.
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lurid
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worthy, deserving recognition and praise.
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meritorious
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset, testy.
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petulant
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a special right or privilege, it's my right, a special quality showing excellence.
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perogative
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pertaining to an outlying area, local, harrowish mind or outlook,countrified in the sense of being limited, 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 soldier
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provincial
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to make a pretense of , imitate, to show the outer signs of.
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simulate
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
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transcend
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shade cast by the trees, foliage giving shade, on overshadowing influence or power, offense, resentment, a vague suspicion.
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umbrage
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excessively smooth or smug, trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily, pliable.
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unctuous
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