unit one vocab

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval.
Synonym- sanction

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Synonyms- mitigate, slake, allay

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

(n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Synonyms-alliance, league, federation, combine

Question 4

Decadence

Answer 4

(n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self- indulgence

Synonyms- degeneration, corruption

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

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

Synonyms- evoke, extract, educe

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning

Synonyms- protest, remonstrate, complain

Question 7

Hackneyed

Answer 7

(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Synonyms- banal, trite, commonplace, corny

Question 8

Hiatus

Answer 8

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

Synonyms- pause, lacuna

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

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

Synonyms- Insinuation, intimation

Question 10

Intercede

Answer 10

(v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-betwen in a disagreement

Synonyms- Intervene, mediate

Question 11

Jaded

Answer 11

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

Synonyms- sated, surfeited, cloyed

Question 12

lurid

Answer 12

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

Synonyms- gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

Question 13

meritorious

Answer 13

(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Synonyms- praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

Question 14

petulant

Answer 14

petulant

(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Synonyms- irritable, testy, waspish

Question 15

prerogative

Answer 15

(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Synonyms- perk, perquisite

Question 16

provincial

Answer 16

(adj) 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; (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

Synonym- (adj) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

Question 17

simulate

Answer 17

(v) to make a pretense of. imitate; to show the outer signs of

Synonyms- pretend, affect

Question 18

transcend

Answer 18

(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Synonyms- surpass, outstrip

Question 19

umbrage

Answer 19

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

Synonyms- irritation, pique

Question 20

unctuous

Answer 20

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

Synonyms- mealymouthed, fawning, greasy