Vocabulary Workshop Level F, Unit 1

Question 1

approbation

Answer 1

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

Question 2

assuage

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Decadence

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Hiatus

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Hackneyed

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

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

Question 9

Intercede

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Jaded

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Meritorious

Answer 12

(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 13

Petulant

Answer 13

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

Question 13

Prerogative

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Provincial

Answer 14

(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

Question 15

Simulate

Answer 15

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

Question 15

Transcend

Answer 15

(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 16

Umbrage

Answer 16

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

Question 17

unctuous

Answer 17

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