unit 1 vocab Flashcards
approbation
the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
assuage
to make raiser or milder, relieve; to quite, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
coalition
a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
decadence
decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
elicit
to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
expostulate
to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
hackneyed
used so often as to lack freshness or originality
hiatus
a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
innuendo
a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
intercede
to please on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
jaded
wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
lurid
causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
meritorious
worthy, deserving recognition and praise
petulant
peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
prerogative
a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
provincial
(adjective) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside. (noun) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
simulate
to make a pretense of, imitate; to show outer signs of
transcend
to rise above or beyond, exceed
umbrage
shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
unctuous
excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
approbation syns and ants
syns: sanction
ants: disapproval, condemnation, censure
assuage syns and ants
syns: mitigate, slake, allay
ants: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
coalition syns and ants
syns: alliance, league, federation, combine
ants: splinter group
decadence syns and ants
syns: degeneration, corruption
ants: rise, growth, maturation
elicit syns and ants
syns: evoke, extract, reduce
ants: repress, quash, squelch, stifle
expostulate syns and ants
syns: protest, remonstrate, complain
hackneyed syns and ants
syns: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
ants: new, fresh, novel, original
hiatus syns and ants
syns: pause, lacuna
ants: continuit, continuation
innuendo syns and ants
syns: insinuation, intimation
ants: direct statement
intercede syns and ants
syns: intervene, mediate
jaded syns and ants
syns: sated, surfeited, cloyed
ants: unspoiled, uncloyed
lurid syns and ants
syns: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
ants: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
meritorious syns and ants
syns: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
ants: blameworthy, reprehensible
petulant syns and ants
syns: irritable, testy, waspish
ants; amiable, placid
prerogative syns and ants
perquisite, perk
provincial syns and ants
syns: (adjective) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
ants: (adjective) cosmopolitan, broad-minded
simulate syns and ants
syns: pretend, affect
transcend syns and ants
syns: surpass, outstrip
umbrage syns and ants:
syns: irritation, pique
ants: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
unctuous syns and ants
syns: mealymouthed, fawning, greasy
ants: gruff, blunt
