Vocabulary: Semester 1 Flashcards
To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet; calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
Assuage (noun)
A combination, union or merger for some specific purpose
Coalition (verb)
Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
Decadence (noun)
To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
Elicit (verb)
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Expostulate (verb)
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
Hackneyed (adjective)
A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
Hiatus (noun)
A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
Innuendo (noun)
To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement
Intercede (verb)
Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
Jaded (adjective)
Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or in lack of restraint
Lurid (adjective)
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise
Meritorious (adjective)
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Petulant (adjective)
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
Prerogative (noun)
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; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
Provincial (adjective)
