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Vocab Set 1 Part 1
| Term | Definition | Synonyms and Antonyms | Sentence Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approbation | (Noun) the ezpression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval | Synonyms: commendation, sanction Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure | My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of approbation from all thw judges at the piano recital. |
| Assuage | (Verb) to make raiser or milder, deliver; to quiet, calm; to put an ent to, appease, satisfy, quench | Synonyms: migate, alleviate, slake, allay Antonyms: intesify, aggravate, exacerbate | Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to assuage her hurt feelings. |
| Coalition | (Noun) a combination, union, or merger fro some specific purpose | Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine Antonyms: splinter group | The various community organizations formed a coalition to lobby againsy parkong laws. |
| Decadence | (Noun) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence | Synonyms: degeneration, corruption Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation | Some characterized her love of chocolate as decadence because she ate at least two candy bars a day. |
| Elicit | (Verb) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) | Synonyms:call forth, evoke, extract, reduce Antonyms: repress, quash, squelching, stifle | My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recording. |
| Expostulate | (Verb) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning | Synonyms: forest, demonstrate, complain | Shakespeare's Hamlet finds it useless to expostulate with his mother for aiding with his stepfather. |
| Hackneyed | (Adjective) used so often as to lack freshness or originality | Synonyms: banal, trite, common place, corny Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original | The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being marred by hackneyed prose. |
| Hiatus | (Noun) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | Synonyms: pause, lacuna Antonyms: continuity, continuation | I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a hiatus in the din of traffic. |
| Innuendo | (Noun) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) | Synonyms: insinuation, intimation Antonyms: direct statement | Those lacking the facts or afraid of reprisals often tarnish an enemy's reputation by use of innuendo. |
| Intercede | (Verb) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | Synonyms: intervene, mediate | She will intercede in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again. |
| Jaded | (Adjective) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence. | Synonyms: sated, surfeited, closed Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed | The wilted handclasl and the fast-melting smile mark the jaded refugee from too many parties. |
| Petulant | (Adjective) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated or upset | Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable | An overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge to complaints of a petulant child. |
| Provincial | (Adjective) pertaining to be an out lying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrufied in the sense of being limited and back word; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside. | Synonyms: narrowhminded, parochial, insular, naïve Antonyms: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded | At first, a provincial do well in the city using charm alone, but charm like novelty, wears thin. |
| Umbrage | (Noun) shade cast by trees; foliage giving ahade; and overshadowinf influence or power; offense, resentment, a vauge suspicion | Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction | She hesitated to offer opinion, fearing that they would take umbrage at her criticism. |
| Meritorious | (Adjective) worthy, deserving of recognition and praise | ||
| Simulate | (Verb) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of | ||
| Unctuos | (Adjective) excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give and impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable | ||
| Lurid | (Adjective) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | ||
| Perogative | (Noun) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence | ||
| Transcend | (Verb) to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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