Vocabulary

Question 1

Define Approbation

Answer 1

The expression of favorable opinion

Question 2

Define Assuage

Answer 2

To make easier or milder

Question 3

Define Coalition

Answer 3

A combination or a union

Question 4

Define Decadence

Answer 4

Decline and decay

Question 5

Define elicit

Answer 5

to draw forth, to bring out from some source

Question 6

Define expostulate

Answer 6

to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Question 7

Define hackneyed

Answer 7

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question 8

Define hiatus

Answer 8

a gap, opening, break

Question 9

Define innuendo

Answer 9

a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference

Question 10

Define intercede

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Define jaded

Answer 11

wearied, worn-out, dulled

Question 12

Define lurid

Answer 12

causing shock, horror, or revulsion

Question 13

Define meritorious

Answer 13

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 14

Define petulant

Answer 14

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Question 15

Define prerogative

Answer 15

a special right or privilege

Question 16

Define provincial

Answer 16

pertaining to an outlying are; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design

Question 17

Define simulate

Answer 17

to make pretense of

Question 18

Define transcend

Answer 18

to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 19

Define umbrage

Answer 19

an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

Question 20

Define unctuous

Answer 20

excessively smooth or smug