Vocab - 1 Flashcards
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Approbation (n.)
*app
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- expression of approval
2
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Assuage (v.)
💧
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- to relieve, quiet, calm, quench.
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Coalition (n.)
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- a combination
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Decadence (n.)
🚫
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- decline, decay, deterioration
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Elicit (v.)
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- extract, to bring out ,from some source
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Expostulate (v.)
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- dissuade, talk someone out of doing something
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Hackneyed (adj.)
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- used so often; to lack freshness
8
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Hiatus (n.)
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- gap, opening, break ( in element )
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Innuendo (n.)
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- a hint, indirect suggestion or reference *often in a derogatory sense
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Intercede (v.)
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- to plead on the behalf of someone else, go between a disagreement.
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Jaded (adj.)
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- wearied, worn-out, dulled
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Lurid (adj.)
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- causing shock, horror or revulsion
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Meritorious (adj.)
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-worthy, deserving recognition, and praise
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Petulant (adj.)
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- annoyed by trifles
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Prerogative (n.)
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- a special right or privilege
