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Vocab level F
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Approbation | Approval, praise, sanction |
| Assuage | To make easier, relieve, appease, satisfy, quench |
| Coalition | Union, combination, alliance, federation |
| Decadence | Decline, decay, corruption |
| Elicit | To draw forth, bring out, evoke, extract |
| Expostulate | To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision. |
| Hackneyed | Used so often, lacks originality, lack freshness, banal, trite |
| Hiatus | A gap, having an element missing, pause |
| Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, |
| Intercede | To plead on behalf on someone else, go-between in a disagreement, intervene |
| Jaded | Worn out, dulled, sated, cloyed |
| Lurid | Causing horror, shock, lack of restraint, passionate, gruesome, ghastly |
| Meritorious | Worthy, praiseworthy, commendable |
| Petulant | Annoyed by trifles, easily irritated, testy |
| Prerogative | A special right or privilege, quality showing excellence, perk |
| Provincial | Pertaining to an outlying area, narrow-minded, naive |
| Simulate | Imitate, pretend, affect, to show outer signs |
| Transcend | To rise above, exceed, surpass, outstrip |
| Umbrage | Shade cast by trees, resentment, vague suspicion |
| Unctuous | Excessively smooth, trying too hard to give an impression, sincerity, greasy |