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Vocab Stack 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement |
| jaded | wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
| lurid | causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or shallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
| petulant | peevish, annoyed by triflles, easily irritated and upset |
| prerogative | special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence |
| provincial | pertaining to an outlying area, local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple plain design that originated in the countryside |
| simulate | to make a pretense of; irritate ; to show the outer signs of |
| transcend | to rise above and beyond exceed |
| umbrage | shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; overshadowing presence of power, offense , resentment |
| unctuous | extremely smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety, fatty, oily, pliable |