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Unit 1
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Approbation | The expression of approval or favorable opinion, Praise; official approval. |
Assuage | To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench. |
Coalition | A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose. |
Decadence | Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence. |
Elicit | To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person). |
Expostulate | To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning. |
Hackneyed | Used so often as to lack freshness or originality. |
Hiatus | A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing). |
Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense). |
Intercede | To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement. |
Jaded | Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence). |
Lurid | Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint. |
Meritorious | Worthy, deserving recognition and praise. |
Petulant | Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset. |
Prerogative | 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; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area... |
Simulate | To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of. |
Transcend | To rise above or beyond, exceed. |
Umbrage | Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion. |
Unctuous | Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable. |