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| (v.) To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
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| (adj.) Used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval or sanction |
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| (n.) A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
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| (n.) A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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| (v.) To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
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| (n.) A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
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| (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
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| (n.) Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
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| (v.) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| (v.) To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
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| (adj.) Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| (n.) Foliage giving shade; shade cast by trees; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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| (n.) A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
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| (adj.) Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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| (v.) To rise above or beyond, exceed |
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(adj.) 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
(n.) 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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| (adj.) Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| (adj.) Fatty, oily, and plliable; excessivley smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety |
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| (adj.) Worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| (adj., adv.) By virtue of holding a certain office called upon to serve |
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| (v.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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| (adj.) Without feathers; without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise |
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| (v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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| (adj.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| (v.) To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others (sometimes used in a crtical or derogatory sense) |
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| (n.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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| (n.) poise, assuarance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
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| (v.) To urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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(n.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
(v.) To let saliva flow from mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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| (v.) To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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(v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
(n.) An idea or thought that seems likely but lacks definite proof |
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| (adj.) Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; orginating in a bodily organ or part; good for its own sake |
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(adj.) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
(v.) To hide, conceal; eclipse
(n.) matters involving the supernatural |
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(v.) To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to
(adj.) Characterized by excessive haste
(n.) moisture, the product of an action or process |
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| (n.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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| (n.) A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy, prosperity, or peace |
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| (v.) To spread through, penetrate, soak though |
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| (adj.) Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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| (n.) An intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be |
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