Vocab F1 Flashcards
Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
Assuage
Approval or opposite
Approbation
An alliance for combined action, esp. a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or states
Coalition
Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury
Decadence
Evoke or draw out ( a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions
Elicit
Express strong disapproval or disagreement
Expostulate
(a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
Hackneyed
A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
Hiatus
an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one
Innuendo
tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
Jaded
very vivid in color, esp. so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect
Lurid
deserving reward or praise
Meritorious
(Of a person or their manner) childish sulky or bad-tempered
Petulant
A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class
Prerogative
Of or concerning a province of a country or empire
Provincial
