Vocab Test 1

assuage

*[transitive verb]*

**to lessen (pain or distress); to calm**

coalition

*[noun]*

**alliance or association**

elicit

*[transitive verb]*

**to draw forth; evoke a response**

expostulate

*[intransitive verb]*

**to reason with a person earnestly**

hiatus

*[noun]*

**a pause or gap in a sentence**

innuendo

*[noun]*

**an allusive remark or hint**

lurid

*[adjective]*

**glowing through a haze**

meritorious

*[adjective]*

**deserving reward or praise**

petulant

*[adjective]*

**childishly sulking or bad-tempered**

provincial

*[adjective]*

**of or concerning a province of a country**