English Vocabulary Flashcards: Appropriation, Assuage, Coalition, Decadence, Elicit, Expostulate, Hackneyed, Hiatus, Innuendo, Intercede

Approbation

the expression of approval or favorable opinion; praise or commendation

Assuage

to make easier or milder, relieve; to calm, satisfy, or appease

Coalition

a combination, union, or alliance for a specific purpose

Decadence

a condition of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Elicit

to draw forth, or bring out from some source (such as another person); evoke or extract

Expostulate

attempt to dissuade someone from an action or decision by earnest reasoning; protest or remonstrate

Hackneyed

used so often as to lack freshness or originality; banal, trite, commonplace

Hiatus

a gap, opening, or pause, break

Innuendo

a hint, indirect suggestion, or derogatory reference; insinuation; imply

Intercede

to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party in a disagreement; intervene or mediate