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Unit 1
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Approbation | The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| Assuage | To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet; calm; to put an end to appease, satisfy, quench |
| Coalition | A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
| Decandence | Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
| Elicit | To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| 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 (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference(often in a derogatory sense) |
| Intercede | To please on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| Jaded | Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the same sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
| Lurid | Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; 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 excellance |
| Provinicial | Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward |
| Simulate | To make pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| Transcend | To rise above and beyond, exceed |
| Umbrage | Shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment |
| Unctuous | Excessively smooth or smug, trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness |