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Vocab. Unit 1 DEF
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the expression of approval or favorable opinon, praise; official approval | approbation |
| to make easier or milder, relieve; quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | assuage |
| a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | coalition |
| decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition of period of decline or decay, excessive self-indulgence | decadence |
| to draw forth, bring out from some source ( such as another person) | elicit |
| attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | expostualate |
| used so often as to lack freshness or originality | hackneyed |
| a gap, opening, or break (in the sence of having an element missing) | hiatus |
| a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sence) | innuendo |
| to plead on behlaf or someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | intercede |
| wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sence of being satisfied by excessive indulgence) | jaded |
| causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of reason | lurid |
| worthy, deserving recognition and praise | meritorious |
| pevvish, annoyed by trifles, easily irratated and upset | petulant |
| a special right or privalege; a special quality showing excellence | preogative |
| pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sence of being limited and backward;of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area | provincial |
| to make a pretense of, imitate; the show the outer signs of | simulate |
| to rise above or beyond, exceed | transcend |
| shade cast by trees; foilage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offence, resentment; a vague suspicion | umbrage |
| excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to gice an impression or earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable | unctuous |