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Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | intercede |
| used so often as to lack freshness or originality | hackneyed |
| the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official or sanction | approbation |
| a hint, indirect suggestion, or refrence (often in a derogatory sense) | innuendo |
| a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | coalition |
| to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | elicit |
| a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | hiatus |
| to make eaiser or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm, to put and end to, appease, satisfy, quench | assuage |
| decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence | decadence |
| to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | expostulate |
| to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of | simulate |
| wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated byexcessive indulgence) | jaded |
| foilage giving shade, shade cast by trees; an overshadowinginfluence or power; offense resentment; a vauge suspicion | umbrage |
| a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence | prerogative |
| causing shock, horror, or revulsion; senseational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | lurid |
| to rise above or beyond, exceed | transcend |
| pertaining to an outlaying area; local; narrow in mind/outlook, countrified (being limited and backwaed); a simple, plain design that originated in countryside.a person w/ narrow pt of view; person from outlaying area; a soldier from a province/colony | provincial |
| peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | petulant |
| fatty, oily, and pliable; excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety | unctuous |
| worthy, deserving recognition and praise | meritorious |