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Vocabulary_units 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| approbation | expression of approval, praise |
| assuage | to make easier, relieve, to put an end to |
| decadence | decline, decay |
| elicit | to draw forth or bring out |
| expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from something by reasoning |
| hiatus | a gap, opening, or break |
| innuendo | hint or indirect suggestion |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a go-between |
| lurid | causing shock, horror, or revulsion |
| petulant | peevish or easily irritated |
| prerogative | a special right or privelage |
| provincial | local or narrow minded |
| simulate | to imitate or to show the outer signs of |
| umbrage | shade cast by trees, to take offense to, irritation or annoyance |
| unctuous | smooth or smug, trying too hard to give a good impression |
| ameliorate | to improve or make better |
| aplomb | poise or self-confidence |
| callow | without experience or immature |
| drivel | nonsense or childish twaddle |
| epitome | summary or model |
| exhort | to urge strongly or advise |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and gain acceptance by others |
| interloper | one who moves where they are not wanted, an intruder |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its nature |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express stron disapproval |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| occult | mysterious, magical, or supernatural |
| stringent | strict, severe |
| surmise | to think or believe without evidence or proof |
| abominate | to have intense dislike or hatred for |
| acculturation | modification of social patterns, to blend cultures together |
| adventitious | resulting from chance, accidental, or congenital |
| ascribe | to assign or refer to, attribute |
| circuitous | roundabout, not direct |
| commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for |
| enjoin | to direct or order, to command |
| expiate | to make ammends or make up for |
| ferment | state of great excitement or agitation |
| nominal | existing in name only, not real |
| noncommittal | not decisive or definite, not a yes or no |
| peculate | to steal something that has been given into ones trust |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness |
| seditious | resistant to authority |
| tenuous | thin, slender, not dense |
| vitriolic | bitter or sarcastic |
| erudite | scholarly, learned, or educated |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate |
| infer | to find out by reasoning, to suggest or imply |
| insular | narrow minded or isolated in outlook |
| irrevocable | incapable of being changed |
| querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful |
| remonstrate | to protest against, to object to |
| repudiate | to disown, or reject |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive or vulger, foul mouthed |
| sedulous | persistent, determined |
| sleazy | thin or flimsy, cheap |
| amnesty | general pardon, act of forgiveness |
| axiomatic | self-evident, taken for granted |
| caveat | warning or caution |
| equitable | fair or fust, reasonable |
| extricate | to free from entanglements |
| filch | to steal in a sneaky way |
| flout | to mock or scoff at |
| fractious | troublesome, unpredictable |
| precept | rule of conduct or action |
| salutary | beneficial or helpful |
| scathing | bitterly severe and causing great harm |
| scourge | to whip or punish severely |
| sepulchral | funeral or gloomhy |
| soporific | senting to cause sleep, sleep inducing |
| straitlaced | extremely strict |
| transient | lasging a short time |
| unwieldy | not easily handled or carried |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting |
| anomalous | abnormal, irregular |
| aspersion | damaging or derogatory statement |
| cajole | to coax or pursuade through flattery |
| castigate | to punish severely |
| contrive | to plan or invent, devise |
| demagogue | leader who exploits prejudices and false claims |
| disabuse | to free from error, to set right in thinking |
| ennui | weariness or boredom |
| heinous | wicked or offenseful |
| immutable | not subject to change, constant |
| insurgent | one who rebels or rises against authority |
| megalomania | a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent... |
| surreptitious | secret, concealed, stealthy |
| transgress | to go beyond, to sin or violate a law |
| transmute | to change one, to transform |
| vicarious | performed by one person in place of another, secondhand |
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