Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

What part of speech is approbation?

Answer 1

Noun

Question 2

What does approbation mean?

Answer 2

The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Question 3

What part of speech is assuage?

Answer 3

Verb

Question 4

What does assuage mean?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What part of speech is coalition?

Answer 5

Noun

Question 6

What does coalition mean?

Answer 6

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Question 7

What part of speech is decadence?

Answer 7

Noun

Question 8

What does decadence mean?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What part of speech is elicit?

Answer 9

Verb

Question 10

What does elicit mean?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What part of speech is expostulate?

Answer 11

Verb

Question 12

What does expostulate mean?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What part of speech is hackneyed?

Answer 13

Adjective

Question 14

What does hackneyed mean?

Answer 14

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question 15

What part of speech is hiatus?

Answer 15

Noun

Question 16

What does hiatus mean?

Answer 16

A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Question 17

What part of speech is innuendo?

Answer 17

Noun

Question 18

What does innuendo mean?

Answer 18

A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Question 19

What part of speech is intercede?

Answer 19

Verb

Question 20

What does intercede mean?

Answer 20

to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Question 21

What part of speech is jaded?

Answer 21

Adjective

Question 22

What does jaded mean?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What part of speech is lurid?

Answer 23

Adjective

Question 24

What does lurid mean?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What part of speech is meritorious?

Answer 25

Adjective

Question 26

What does meritorious mean?

Answer 26

Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 27

What part of speech is petulant?

Answer 27

Adjective

Question 28

What does petulant mean?

Answer 28

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Question 29

What part of speech is prerogative?

Answer 29

Noun

Question 30

What does prerogative mean?

Answer 30

a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Question 31

What part of speech is provincial?

Answer 31

Adjective, Noun

Question 32

What does provincial mean?

Answer 32

Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook. A person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

Question 33

What part of speech is simulate?

Answer 33

Verb

Question 34

What does simulate mean?

Answer 34

to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

Question 35

What part of speech is transcend?

Answer 35

Verb

Question 36

What does transcend mean?

Answer 36

To rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 37

What part of speech is umbrage?

Answer 37

Noun

Question 38

What does umbrage mean?

Answer 38

shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

Question 39

What part of speech is unctuous?

Answer 39

Adjective

Question 40

What does unctuous mean?

Answer 40

excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety; fatty, oily; pliable