1. (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval SYNONYM: sanction

3. (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve SYNONYMS: mitigate, slake, allay

4. A higher wage would assuage my feelings of being gipped.

5. (n.) a combination, union or merger for some specific purpose SYNONYM: alliance, league, federation

7. (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; excessive self-indulgence SYNONYM: degeneration, corruption

8. 1980s America: “Decade of Decadence”

9. (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) SYNONYMS: evoke, extract, educe

10. (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning SYNONYMS: protest, remonstrate, complain

11. Protest to keep the Expos before it’s too late!

12. (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

13. 1)Hackneyed 2)H(L)ackney(w)ed 3)Lacknew Def: lack freshness or originality 1)Hackneyed 2)H(L)ackney(w)ed 3)Lacknew Def: lack freshness or originality

14. (n.) a gap, opening, or break SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna

15. HI+AT+US “If anyone says ‘Hi’ along the way, we will definitely take a break and talk for awhile”. HI+AT+US “If anyone says ‘Hi’ along the way, we will definitely take a break and talk for awhile”.

16. (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation

17. (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else SYNONYMS: intervene, mediate

18. “Intercede and plead for the freed Swede”.

19. (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled SYNONYMS: sated, cloyed

20. JADED sounds like FADED, which means worn out!

21. (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale or sallow in color SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, ghastly

22. When fishing, I use a RED LURE, or LURE RED, which is shocking, gruesome, and sensational to the fish.

23. (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

25. (adj.) peevish, easily irritated and upset SYNONYMS: testy, irritable

26. “My pet dog is easily irritated during lent”

27. (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence SYNONYM: perk

28. (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

29. (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate SYNONYMS: pretend, affect

31. (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed SYNONYMS: surpass, outstrip

32. v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed SYN: surpass, outstrip

33. (n.) shade cast by trees; an overshadowing influence or power, resentment; a vague suspicion SYNONYM: irritation

35. (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety SYNONYMS: mealymouthed, fawning

36. UNCTUOUS “Our uncle lacked sincerity to us”.