English Vocab Unit 1: all defenitions

Approbation: noun

• An official approval

• The expression of approval

Assuage (verb)

• To make easier

• To quiet or calm

• To put an end to

Coalition (noun)

• A combination or merger for some specificpurpose

Decadence (noun)

• Decline, decay, or deterioration

• A condition/period of decline or decay

• Excessive self indulgence

Elicit (verb)

• To bring out

Expostulate (verb)

• To attempt to dissuade someone by reasoning

Hackneyed (adjective)

• Used often as to lack freshness

Hiatus (noun)

• A gap, opening, break in a sense of having something missing

Innuendo (noun)

• a derogatory hint or suggestion

Intercede (verb)

• To plead on someone elses behalf

• To go in between a disagreement as a third party

jaded (adjective)

• worn out

Lurid (adjective)

• Causing shock or horror

• sensational

• pale in color

• passionate in intensity, lacking restraint

Meritorious (adjective)

• deserving recognition and praise

Petulant (adjective)

• easily irritated

Prerogative (noun)

• Special right or privilege

• Special excellent quality

Provincial (adjective)

• local

• pertaining to an outlying area

• narrow minded

• rustic

Provincial (noun)

• a narrow minded person

• A person from an outlying area

• a soldier from a providence

Simulate (verb)

• To imitate

• To show signs of

Transcend (verb)

• To rise above

• to succeed

Umbrage (noun)

• Shade cast by trees

• plant leaves giving shade

• an overshadowing influence

• resentment

• a vague description

Unctuous (adjective)

• excessively smooth

• trying too hard to seem sincere

• fatty

• pliable