Vocab level F Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Approbation | Approval, praise, sanction |
Assuage | To make easier, relieve, appease, satisfy, quench |
Coalition | Union, combination, alliance, federation |
Decadence | Decline, decay, corruption |
Elicit | To draw forth, bring out, evoke, extract |
Expostulate | To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision. |
Hackneyed | Used so often, lacks originality, lack freshness, banal, trite |
Hiatus | A gap, having an element missing, pause |
Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, |
Intercede | To plead on behalf on someone else, go-between in a disagreement, intervene |
Jaded | Worn out, dulled, sated, cloyed |
Lurid | Causing horror, shock, lack of restraint, passionate, gruesome, ghastly |
Meritorious | Worthy, praiseworthy, commendable |
Petulant | Annoyed by trifles, easily irritated, testy |
Prerogative | A special right or privilege, quality showing excellence, perk |
Provincial | Pertaining to an outlying area, narrow-minded, naive |
Simulate | Imitate, pretend, affect, to show outer signs |
Transcend | To rise above, exceed, surpass, outstrip |
Umbrage | Shade cast by trees, resentment, vague suspicion |
Unctuous | Excessively smooth, trying too hard to give an impression, sincerity, greasy |
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