Vocabulary 1

(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

• approbation

• innuendo

• elicit

• expostulate

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

• assuage

• approbation

• decadence

• coalition

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

• coalition

• hackneyed

• elicit

• expostulate

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

• decadence

• approbation

• assuage

• innuendo

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

• elicit

• assuage

• expostulate

• hackneyed

(v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

• expostulate

• elicit

• innuendo

• approbation

(adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

• hackneyed

• assuage

• intercede

• hiatus

(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

• hiatus

• intercede

• hackneyed

• decadence

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

• innuendo

• hiatus

• intercede

• assuage

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

• intercede

• decadence

• coalition

• elicit