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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
What is approbation?
To rise above or beyond, exceed
What is transcend?
What is expostulate?
A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
What is coalition?
Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
What is umbrage?
Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
What is decadence?
Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
What is unctuous?
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
What is prerogative?
A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
What is hiatus?
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
What is petulant?
To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
What is assuage?
To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
What is intercede?
Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and 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 from a province or colony
What is provincial?
A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
What is innuendo?
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
What is hackneyed?
To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
What is simulate?
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise
What is meritorious?
To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
What is elicit?
Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
What is jaded?
What is lurid?