Unit 1

Question 0

Assuage

Answer 0

V. To make easier or milder, relieve, to quite, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

N. The expression of approval of favorable opinion, praise; official approval or sanction

Question 2

Coalition

Answer 2

N. a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Question 3

Decadence

Answer 3

N. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Question 4

Elicit

Answer 4

To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Question 5

Expostulate

Answer 5

V to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision be earnest reasoning

Question 6

Hackneyed

Answer 6

Adj. used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question 7

Hiatus

Answer 7

N. a gap, opening, break, (in the sense of having an element missing)

Question 8

Innuendo

Answer 8

N. a hint, indirect suggestion, reference (derogatory sense)

Question 9

Intercede

Answer 9

V. To plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or go b/w in a disagreement

Question 10

Jaded

Answer 10

adj. wearied, worn out, dulled, (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

Adj. causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

Question 12

Meritorious

Answer 12

Adj. worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 13

Petulant

Answer 13

Adj. peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Question 14

Prerogative

Answer 14

N. a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence