Vocabulary 1

Question 1

Define Lurid

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Define Umbrage

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Define Perogative

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Define Hackneyed

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Define Jaded

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Define Intercede

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Define Hiatus

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Define Decadence

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Define Innuendo

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Define Provincial

Answer 10

(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 outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony.

Question 11

Define Approbation

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Define Coalition

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Define Transcend

Answer 13

(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 14

Define Petulant

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Define Meritorious

Answer 15

(adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 16

Define Assuage

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Define Elicit

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Define Simulate

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Define Unctuous

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Define Expostulate

Answer 20

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

Question 21

The banjo, once thought to be a __________________ may do well in the city using charm alone, but charm, like novelty, wears thin.

Answer 21

Provincial

Question 22

The wilted handclasp and the fast-melting smile mark the ____________ refugee from too many parties.

Answer 22

Jaded

Question 23

Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to ___________ her hurt feelings.

Answer 23

Assuage

Question 24

She will _____________ in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.

Answer 24

Intercede

Question 25

Many years of _______________ service could not dissuade him from feeling that he had not chosen work that he liked.

Answer 25

Meritorious

Question 26

Shakespeare’s Hamlet finds it useless to ___________ with his mother for siding with his stepfather.

Answer 26

Expostualte

Question 27

The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being married by _______________ prose.

Answer 27

Hackneyed

Question 28

Bright, sensational, and often __________, some old-time movie posters make today’s newspaper ads look tame.

Answer 28

Lurid

Question 29

The various community organizations formed a ___________ to lobby against parking laws.

Answer 29

Coalition

Question 30

She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the ______________ of a veteran employee.

Answer 30

Perogative

Question 31

Some skilled actors can ________________ emotions they might never have felt in life.

Answer 31

Simulate

Question 32

A great work of art may be said to _______________ time, and it is remembered for decades, or even centuries

Answer 32

Transcend

Question 33

My attempt to __________ information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

Answer 33

Elicit

Question 34

Some characterized her love of chocolate as _____________ because she ate at least two candy bars a day.

Answer 34

Decadence

Question 35

An overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a ____________ child.

Answer 35

Petulant

Question 36

Her constant inquiring about the health of my family at first seemed friendly, later merely _____________ .

Answer 36

Unctuous

Question 37

She hesitated to offer her opinion, fearing that they would take _____________ at her criticism.

Answer 37

Umbrage

Question 38

My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of ____________ from all the judges at the piano recital.

Answer 38

Approbation

Question 39

I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a ______________ in the din of traffic.

Answer 39

Hiatus

Question 40

Those lacking the facts or afraid of reprisals often tarnish an enemy’s reputation by use of _____________.

Answer 40

Innuendo