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| the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
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| to 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 plead 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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| to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offese, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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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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| mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay |
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| alliance, league, federation, combine |
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| call forth, evoke, extract, educe |
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| protest, remonstrate, complain |
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| banal, trite, commonplace, corny |
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| gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly |
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| praiseworthy, laudable, commendable |
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| irritable, testy, waspish |
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| narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive |
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| irritation, pique, annoyance |
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| mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy |
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| disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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| intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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| rise, growth, development, maturation |
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| repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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| new, fresh, novel, original |
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| pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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| blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
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| even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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| cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
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| pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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