Vocab 1

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

(n.) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

(ap re ba shen)

Synonyms: sanction

Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

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

e swaj

Synonyms: mitigate, slake, allay

Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

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

(ko e lish en)

Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine

Antonyms: splinter group

Question 4

Decadence

Answer 4

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

(de le dens)

Synonyms: degeneration, corruption

Antonyms: rise, growth, maturation

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

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

(e lis it)

Synonyms: evoke, extracts educe

Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

(V.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

(ik spas che lat)

Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

Question 7

Hackneyed

Answer 7

(Adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

(Hak ned)

Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original

Question 8

Hiatus

Answer 8

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

(Hi a tes)

Synonyms: pause, lacuna

Antonyms: continuity, continuation

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

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

(in yu en do)

Synonyms: insinuation, intimation

Antonyms: direct statement

Question 10

Intercede

Answer 10

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

(in ter sed)

Synonyms: intervene, meditate

Question 11

Jaded

Answer 11

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

(ja did)

Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed

Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed

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

(lur ed)

Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

Question 13

Meritorious

Answer 13

(Adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

(mer i tor e es)

Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible

Question 14

Petulant

Answer 14

(Adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

(pech e lant)

Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish

Antonyms: amicable, placid

Question 15

Prerogative

Answer 15

(N.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

(Pre rag e tiv)

Synonyms: perquisite, perk

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 hat 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

(Pre vin shel)

Synonyms: (adj.) narrowed-minded, parochial, insular, naive

Antonyms: cosmopolitan, broad-minded

Question 17

Simulate

Answer 17

(V.) to make a pretense of, intimate; to show the outer signs of

(Sim ye lat)

Synonyms: pretend, affect

Question 18

Transcend

Answer 18

(V.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

(Tran send)

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

(Em brej)

Synonyms: irritation, pique

Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

Question 20

Unctuous

Answer 20

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

(Enk chu es)

Synonyms: mealymouthed, fawning, greasy

Antonyms: gruff, blunt

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