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”.