Vocab Unit 1

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

(N.) formal or official approval

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

(V.) to cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

(N.) combination in a body or mass

Question 4

Decadence

Answer 4

(N.) a process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

(V.) to enduce or extract gradually or without violence

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

(V.) to reason with someone in an effort to correct

Question 7

Hackneyed

Answer 7

(Adj.) greatly overused or trite

Question 8

Hiatus

Answer 8

(N.) a gap or interruption

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

(N.) an indirect insinuation or suggestion about a person or a thing

Question 9

Intercede

Answer 9

(V.) to plead on someone else’s behalf

Question 10

Jaded

Answer 10

(Adj.) worn out, wearied

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

(Adj.) causing shock or horror, grotesque

Question 12

Meritorious

Answer 12

(Adj.) deserving reward or praise

Question 13

Petulant

Answer 13

(Adj.) easily irritated, ill-tempered

Question 14

Prerogative

Answer 14

(N.) an exclusive right or privalege held by a person or group

Question 15

Provincial

Answer 15

(N.) one who is uncultured in thoughts and manner

Question 16

Simulate

Answer 16

(V.) imitate

Question 17

Transcend

Answer 17

(V.) to surpass, to pass the limits

Question 18

Umbrage

Answer 18

(N.) offense

Question 19

Unctuous

Answer 19

(Adj.) excessively suave to the point of being fake