Question: Approbation

Answer: (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Question: Assuage

Answer: (v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Question: Coalition

Answer: (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Question: Decadence

Answer: (n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Question: Elicit

Answer: (v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Question: Expostulate

Answer: (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Question: Hackneyed

Answer: (adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question: Hiatus

Answer: (n) a gap, opening, break (in sense of having an element missing)

Question: Innuendo

Answer: (n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Question: Intercede

Answer: (v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement