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Vocab Unit 1
English Vocab Unit 1
Term | Definition |
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approbation | approval; praise |
assuage | mitigate; relieve |
coalition | alliance; league |
decadence | degeneration; corruption |
elicit | draw out information; evoke; extract |
expostulate | protest; remonstrate; dissuade someone |
hackneyed | trite; corny |
hiatus | gap; break |
innuendo | indirect suggestion; hint |
intercede | intervene; plead on someone's behalf |
jaded | wearied; sated (feeling!) |
lurid | shocking; horrifying; revolting |
meritorious | praiseworthy |
petulant | annoyed or upset easily; irritable |
prerogative | special right; privilege |
provincial | narrow-minded; naive |
simulate | imitate |
transcend | surpass; rise above and beyond |
umbrage | overshadowing power |
unctuous | excessively smooth; smug |