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Vocablist#01
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or refrence |
| 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 |
| Lurid | Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or shallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| Meritorious | Worthy, deserving recognition or praise |
| Petulant | Peevish, annoying by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
| Prerogative | A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
| Provincial | Pertaining to an outlaying area; local; narrow in mind or out look; simple, plain designed oriented in the country; person with narrow point of view |
| 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 |
| Unctuous | Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give and impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |