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Vocab WK one
week one english vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (N) A combination, UNION, or merger for some specific purpose. | coalition |
| (N) Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; Excessive self-indulgence | decadence |
| (N) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) | innuendo |
| (N) A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | hiatus |
| (N) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; Official approval | approbation |
| (V) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | expostulate |
| (V) to draw forth, bring out from some source ( such as another person) | elicit |
| (V) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | assuage |
| (V)to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | intercede |
| (ADJ.)Used so often as to lack freshness or originality | hackneyed |