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| The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
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| The make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
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| A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
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To draw forth, bring out from some source |
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| To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| Used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference |
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| To pleade on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement |
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| Wearied, worn-out, dulled |
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| Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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| Worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
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| Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
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| To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
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| Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vauge suspision |
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| Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
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