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Bulldog F1
11th Grade Vocabulary Unit 1
Vocab. Term | Part of Speech | Definition | Synonym | Antonym |
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Approbation | noun | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval | commendation, sanction | dissaproval,condemnation, censure |
Assuage | verb | to make easieror milder, relieve, to quiet, calm;to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay | intensify,aggravate, exacerbate |
Coalition | noun | a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | alliance, league, federation, combine | splinter group |
Decadence | noun | decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence | degeneration, corruption | rise, growth, development, maturation |
Elicit | verb | to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | call forth, evoke, extract, educe | repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
Expostulate | verb | to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | protest, remonstrate, complain | |
Hackneyed | adjective | used so often as to lack freshness or originality | banal, trite, commonplace, corny | new, fresh, novel, original |
Hiatus | noun | a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | pause, lacuna | continuity, continuation |
Innuendo | noun | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory story) | insinuation, intimation | direct statement |
Intercede | verb | to plead on behalf of someone else; to as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | intervene, mediate | |
Jaded | adjective | wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) | sated, surfeited, cloyed | unspoiled, uncloyed |
Lurid | adjective | causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible; or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly | pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
Meritorious | adjective | worthy, deserving recognition and praise | praiseworth, laudable, commendable | blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
Petulant | adjective | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | irritable, testy, waspish | even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
Prerogative | noun | a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence | perquisite, perk | |
Provincial | adjective | pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified | narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naïve | cosmopolitian, catholic, broad-minded |
Simulate | verb | to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of | feign, pretend, affect | |
Transcend | verb | to rise above or beyond, exceed | surpass, outstrip | |
Umbrage | noun | shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment;a vague suspicion | irratation, pique, annoyance | pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
Unctuous | adjective | excessively smooth or smug; unable to be sincere; oily/fatty | mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy | gruff, blunt |