Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

English Vocab

9/12-9/16

TermDefinition
Approbation (n) The act of giving some praise ex: clapping after someone has done something
Assuage (v) To relieve, to calm, to quench ex: giving a baby a pacifier, putting some anti-itch cream on a bug bite
Coalition (n) A group of people united with a similar goal/purpose ex: protest
Decadence (n) moral decline, your condition is slowly declining ex: self-indulging on bad things
Elicit (v) to bring forth something in a person. ex: a comedian elicits laughter from the audience
Expostulate (v) to dissuade someone ex: to make someone think otherwise
Hackneyed (adj) used so often as it lacks originality ex: corny, played out
Hiatus (n) a gap, break, long period of time
Innuendo (n) A hint (often derogatory sense) ex: sly remarks
intercede (v) To plead on behalf of someone else ex: being the neutral side and making everyone see eye to eye.
jaded (adj) worn out, dulled, use to it ex: seen so much that nothing new phases them
Lurid (adj) Causing shock, horror ex: witnessing a car accident can make you lurid
Meritorious (adj) Worthy of praise
Prerogative (n) a special right ex: when kids turn 16 they earn the prerogative to earn their license
Petulant (adj) someone who gets annoyed very easily, childish, immature ex: a child throwing a fit when they can’t get what they want
Provincial (adj) (n) (adj) pertaining to an area, local ex: good cheese steaks are provincial to Philly (n) a person with a narrow view of the world ex: doesn’t let their thoughts grow
Simulate (v) imitates something else ex: driving simulator-games
Transcend (v) to rise above, exceed above expectations. ex: higher
Umbrage (v) shadow (literally) older sibling overshadowing you (figuratively) take offense to what someone said
Unctuous (adj) trying too hard to be cool/smug doesn’t come off as genuine
Created by: zba
Popular English Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards