intercede-to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition Hackneyed-made commonplace or trite; stale; banal approbation-approval; commendation innuendo-an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature. coalition-a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc. 2. a union into one body or mass; fusion. elicit-to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: hiatus-a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, assuage-to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: decadence-the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: expostulate-to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: simulate-to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): jaded-dulled or satiated by overindulgence: umbrage-offense; annoyance; displeasure: prerogative-an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: lurid-gruesome; horrible; revolting: transcend-to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: provincial-belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: petulant-moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: unctuous-characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. meritorious- deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: