Unit 1

Question 0

Assuage

Answer 0

To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; out an end to, appease, satisfy v.

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval (n.)

Question 2

Coalition

Answer 2

N. Decline, decay, or deterioration

Question 3

Elicit

Answer 3

V. To draw forth, bring out from some source

Question 4

Expostulate

Answer 4

V. To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Question 5

Hackneyed

Answer 5

Unoriginal, used so often it lacks originality

Question 6

Hiatus

Answer 6

A gap, opening or break

Question 7

Innuendo

Answer 7

A hint or indirect suggestion

Question 8

Intercede

Answer 8

To plead on the behalf of someone else or to act as a third party

Question 9

Jaded

Answer 9

Wearied, worn-out, dulled

Question 10

Lurid

Answer 10

Causing shock or horror

Question 11

Meritorious

Answer 11

Worthy, deserving if recognition or praise

Question 12

Petulant

Answer 12

Peevish, annoyed by trifles and easily upsetted

Question 13

Prerogative

Answer 13

A special right or privilege

Question 14

Provincial

Answer 14

Narrow-minded

Question 15

Simulate

Answer 15

To make a pretense of

Question 16

Transcend

Answer 16

To rose above or exceed

Question 17

Umbrage

Answer 17

Shade cast by trees or an overshadowing influence/power

Question 18

Unctuous

Answer 18

Excessively smooth or smug