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Vocabulary Units 1-3
English Honors 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Approbation | formal or official approval; also, praise |
| Assuage | to cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease |
| Coalition | combination in a body or mass |
| Decadence | a process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline |
| Elicit | to reduce or extract gradually or without violence |
| Expostulate | to discuss |
| Hackneyed | greatly overused; trite |
| Hiatus | a break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting |
| Innuendo | insinuation; an indirect derogatory suggustion |
| Intercede | to mediate between persons |
| Jaded | worn out; wearied |
| Lurid | ghastly and sensational |
| Meritorious | deserving reward or praise |
| Petulant | displaying impatience |
| Prerogative | having superior rank or precedence |
| Provincial | uncultured in thought and manner |
| Simulate | imitate |
| Transcend | to surpass |
| Umbrage | a sense of injury |
| Unctuous | excessively suave |
| Ameliorate | to make or grow better |
| Aplomb | self-confident assurance; poise |
| Bombastic | pompous in speech or writing |
| Callow | immature |
| Drivel | to talk stupidly or childishly |
| Epitome | a simplified representation |
| Exhort | to urge by strong argument, admonition, or advice |
| Ex officio | by virtue of office or position |
| Infringe | to trespass upon |
| Ingratiate | to win confidence or good graces for oneself |
| Interloper | one that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler |
| Intrinsic | inherent |
| Inveigh | to attack with harsh criticism |
| Lassitude | state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness |
| Millennium | a hoped-for period of joy, serenity, prosperity, and justice |
| Occult | existing but not immediately perceptible |
| Permeate | to spread or diffuse through |
| Precipitate | to force forward prematurely |
| Stringent | rigid |
| Surmise | to conjecture |
| Abominate | to detest intensely |
| Acculturation | the adoption of behaviors from a surrounding society |
| Adventitious | coming from an external source |
| Ascribe | to assign as a quality or attribute |
| Circuitous | taking a roundabout, lengthy course |
| Commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or pity for; sympathize with |
| Enjoin | to direct or impose with authority; also, to forbid |
| Expedite | to hasten the movement or progress of |
| Expiate | to make amends for |
| Ferment | to make turbulent; excite or agitate |
| Inadvertent | accidental |
| Nominal | trivial |
| Noncommittal | very reluctant to give out information |
| Peculate | to embezzle funds or engage in embezzlement |
| Proclivity | a natural propensity or inclination; predisposition |
| Sangfroid | coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances |
| Seditious | promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state |
| Tenuous | having little substance; flimsy |
| Vitriolic | bitterly scathing; caustic |
| Wheedle | to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole |
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