Fill in the blank: To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench is to _________.

Fill in the blank: A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose is called a _________.

Fill in the blank: Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence is called _________.

Fill in the blank: To draw forth, bring out from some source is to _________.

Fill in the blank: To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning is to _________.

Fill in the blank: Used so often as to lack freshness or originality is called _________.

Fill in the blank: A gap, opening, break is called a _________.

Fill in the blank: A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference is called an _________.

Fill in the blank: To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement is to _________.

Fill in the blank: Wearied, worn-out, dulled is described as _________.

Fill in the blank: Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; place or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint is called _________.

Fill in the blank: Worthy, deserving recognition and praise is called _________.

Fill in the blank: Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset is described as _________.

Fill in the blank: A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence is called a _________.

Fill in the blank: Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward is described as _________.

Fill in the blank: To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of is to _________

Fill in the blank: To rise above or beyond, exceed is to _________?

Fill in the blank: Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion is called _________.

Fill in the blank: Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable is described as _________.