Unit 1

Question 0

Assuage

Answer 0

(v.) To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

(n.) Formal or official approval; also, praise

Question 2

Coalition

Answer 2

(n.) Combination in a body or mass

Question 3

Decadence

Answer 3

(n.) A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline

Question 4

Elicit

Answer 4

(v.) To educe or extract gradually or without violence

Question 5

Expostulate

Answer 5

(v.) To reason with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; To protest against a decision or action

Question 6

Hackneyed

Answer 6

(adj.) Greatly overused; trite

Question 7

Hiatus

Answer 7

(n.) A gap or interruption, break, interval

Question 8

Innuendo

Answer 8

(n.) An indirect insinuation or suggestion about a person or thing, usually of a degrading and derogatory nature

Question 9

Intercede

Answer 9

(v.) To plead on someone else’s behalf, to mediate an argument

Question 10

Jaded

Answer 10

(adj.) Worn out, wearied

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

(adj.) Causing shock or horror, grotesque

Question 12

Meritorious

Answer 12

(adj.) Deserving reward or praise

Question 13

Petulant

Answer 13

(adj.) Easily irritated, ill-tempered, peevish

Question 14

Prerogative

Answer 14

(n.) An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group

Question 15

Provincial

Answer 15

(n.) One who is uncultured in thoughts and manner; (adj.) Uncultured in thought and manner; Narrow-minded and not open to new ideas

Question 16

Simulate

Answer 16

(v.)imitate

Question 17

Transcend

Answer 17

(v.) To surpass, pass beyond the limits

Question 18

Umbrage

Answer 18

(n.) Offense, resentment

Question 19

Unctuous

Answer 19

(adj.) Excessively suave to the point of being fake, obviously exaggerated earnestness