Unit 2 Flashcards
Approbation
Expression of approval
Assuage
To relieve
Coalition
Alliance for a goal
Decadence
Decline, decay / excessive self-indulgence
Elicit
To draw out, bring forth
Expostulate
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision via reasoning
Hackneyed
Cliched, unoriginal
Hiatus
Unusual pause
Innuendo
Indirect suggestion
Intercede
To serve as a third party in a disagreement
Jaded
Worn-out (or sated by excessive indulgence)
Lurid
Causing shock or horror, terrible, sensational
Meritorious
Deserving praise
Petulant
Easily upset like a child
Prerogative
A special right or privilege
Provincial
Pertaining to outlying area, person with narrow point of view or plain design from the countryside.
Simulate
Imitate
Transcend
To rise above, to exceed
Umbrage
Shade from foliage OR offense/resentment/criticism, OR overshadowing influence/power
Unctuous
Trying too hard to give an earnest impression, excessively smooth or smug.
