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Unit 1, Level F
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Approbation | (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of Approbation from all the judges at the piano recital |
Assuage | (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chose words would be needed to assuage her hurt feelings |
Coalition | (n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose. The various community organization formed a coalition to lobby against parking laws. |
Decadence | decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence Some viewed her love of chocolate as decadence because she ate two candy bars a day. |
Elicit | (v.) to draw forth, bring out from source (such as another person) My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant |
Expostulate | (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning. |
hackneyed | (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality. |
hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
Innuedo | (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
intercede | (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in disagreement |
jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by go-between in a disagreement |
lurid | (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
meritorious | (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
petulant | (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
prerogative | (n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
provincial | pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward... a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soilder from a province or colony |
simulate | (v.) to make a pretense pf, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
transcend | (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed |
umbrage | (n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
unctuous | (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |