Vocabulary

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intercede

Back 1

v. to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Hint 1

to intervene, plead, mediate

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hackneyed

Back 2

adj. used so often as to lack freshness and originality

Hint 2

banal, trite, commonplace, corny

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approbation

Back 3

n. the expression for approval or favorable opinion; praise; official approval or sanction

Hint 3

praise, approval, commendation

Front 4

innuendo

Back 4

n. a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Hint 4

an insinuation, hint, intimation

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coalition

Back 5

n. a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Hint 5

an alliance, league, federation, combine

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elicit

Back 6

v. to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Hint 6

to evoke, extract, educe

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hiatus

Back 7

n. a gap, opening, break in time

Hint 7

a pause

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assuage

Back 8

v. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Hint 8

to mitigate, alleviate; to slake, allay

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decadence

Back 9

n. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Hint 9

degeneration

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expostulate

Back 10

v. to attempt to dissuade someone from some source or decision by earnest reasoning

Hint 10

to protest, demonstrate, complain

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simulate

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v. to make a pretense of , imitate; to show the outer signs of

Hint 11

to feign, pretend, affect

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jaded

Back 12

adj. wearied, worn-out, dulled ( in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Hint 12

sated, surfeited, cloyed

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umbrage

Back 13

adj. offense, resentment; often preceded by the verb take

Hint 13

offense, irritation, pique, annoyance

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prerogative

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n. a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Hint 14

a perquisite

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lurid

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adj. causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

Hint 15

gruesome, gory, grisly; baleful, ghastly

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transcend

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v. to rise above or beyond, exceed

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to surpass, exceed, outstrip

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provincial

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adj. narrow in mind or outlook

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parochial, insular; local

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petulant

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adj. peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

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irritable, peevish, test, waspish

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unctuous

Back 19

trying too hard to give an impressions of earnestness, sincerity, or piety

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oily, mealy-mouthed, servile, fawning

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meritorious

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adj. worthy, deserving of recognition and praise

Hint 20

praiseworthy, laudable, commendable