Vocab Test 1

assuage

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