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Sadlier Voc 12-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm 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 reference |
| 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; 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 | local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; a person with a 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; offense, resentment a vague suspicion; an overshadowing influence or power |
| unctuous | sincerity; piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
| simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| to rise above or beyond; exceed | |