To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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

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

To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference

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

Wearied, worn-out, dulled

Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward

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

to rise above or beyond, exceed

shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power

excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness