(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval synonym: sanction
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Approbation(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
SYNONYM: sanction
•APPRObation•APPROval
Assuage• (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve
• SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay
ASSUAGEA higher wage would assuage my feelings of being gipped.
Coalition• (n.) a combination, union or merger for some
specific purpose
• SYNONYM: alliance, league, federation
COALITION
Decadence• (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; excessive
self-indulgence
• SYNONYM: degeneration, corruption
DECADENCE
1980s America: “Decade of Decadence”
Elicit• (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source
(such as another person)
• SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe
Expostulate• (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from
some course or decision by earnest reasoning
• SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain
Protest to keep the Expos before it’s too late!
tulate
Hackneyed• (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or
originality
• SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
1)Hackneyed2)H(L)ackney(w)ed3)Lacknew
Def: lack freshness or originality
Hiatus• (n.) a gap, opening, or break
• SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna
HI+AT+US
“If anyone says ‘Hi’ along the way, we will definitely take a break and talk for awhile”.
Innuendo• (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
(often in a derogatory sense)
• SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation
Intercede• (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else
• SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate
INTERCEDE
“Intercede and
plead for the freed Swede”.
Jaded• (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled
• SYNONYMS: sated, cloyed
JADED sounds like FADED, which means
worn out!
Lurid• (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale
or sallow in color
• SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, ghastly
When fishing, I use a RED LURE, or LURE RED, which is shocking, gruesome, and sensational to the fish.
LURID
Meritorious• (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
• SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Petulant• (adj.) peevish, easily irritated and upset
• SYNONYMS: testy, irritable
“My pet dog is easily irritated during lent”
PETULANT
Prerogative• (n.) a special right or privilege; a special
quality showing excellence
• SYNONYM: perk
Provincial• (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local;
narrow in mind or outlook; of a simple plain design that originated in the countryside
• (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area
• SYNONYMS: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, naive
Simulate• (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate
• SYNONYMS: pretend, affect
SIMULATE
Transcend• (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
• SYNONYMS: surpass, outstrip
TRANSCEND(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceedSYN: surpass, outstrip
Umbrage• (n.) shade cast by trees; an overshadowing
influence or power, resentment; a vague suspicion
• SYNONYM: irritation
UMBRAGE (or in this case, Umbridge)
(n.) an overshadowing influence of power; offense, resentment
SYN: irritation
Unctuous• (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too
hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety
• SYNONYMS: mealymouthed, fawning
UNCTUOUS
“Our uncle lacked sincerity to us”.