hackneyed: made commonplace or trite; stale; banal:
the hackneyed images of his poetry.
approbation: approval; commendation. The mans approbation let him do his choice.
innuendo: an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of adisparaging or a derogatory nature.
- Their entire existence is based on lies, innuendo and a complete misreading of law.
- coalition: a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons,factions, states, etc. It will take a global coalition to help others in need.
- elicit: to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: The double hydrogen bond formed would diminish the ability of the molecule to elicit sweet taste.
- hiatus:a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. Worried by the playwright's increasingly unstable state, he also advised a total hiatus from work.
- assuage:to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: It also agreed to make its secret source code available to somegovernments in order to assuage security concerns.
- decadence: the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state;deterioration; decay: The search for longevity genes is a reflection of the 20th-21st centuriesscience decadence.
- expostulate: to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling
- simulate: to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like):to simulate crisis conditions.
- jaded: dulled or satiated by overindulgence: worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse. He's got a lot of ailments, but it hasn't made him bitter or jaded or anything
- umbrage: offense; annoyance; displeasure:It is a risky thing to stand against such a near-universal outpouring of moral umbrage.
- prerogative: an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, orthe like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- lurid: gruesome; horrible; revolting: Some of these diseases, in addition to their horrific manifestations, also have lurid origin stories.
- transcendence: to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy
- provincial: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local:the provincial newspaper.
- petulant: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: On the one hand she could be a moody and petulant bully, who carefullycultivated inflexible opinions and fostered great hates.
- unctuous: characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially inan affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. When bitten, they collapsed with an unctuous squelch.
- meritorious: deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:to receive a gift for meritorious service.
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