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vocab unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| approbation | approval |
| assuage | make easier; calm; satisfy |
| coalition | alliance |
| decadence | decline; self indulgence |
| elicit | draw forth from something |
| expostulate | complain |
| hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| hiatus | gap |
| innuendo | hint |
| intercede | intervene |
| jaded | worn out |
| lurid | shock; sensational; pale; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| meritorious | worthy |
| petulant | irritable |
| prerogative | special right or privilege |
| provincial | narrow-minded; soldier |
| simulate | pretend |
| transcend | surpass |
| umbrage | irritation; offense; vague suspicion |
| unctuous | excessively smooth or smug; greasy |