exam 1-6 vocab

Approbation

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

S: commendation, sanction;

A: disapproval, condemnation, censure

Assuage

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

S: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay

A: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

Coalition

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

S: alliance, league, federation, combine

A: splinter group

Decadence

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

S: degeneration, corruption

A: rise, growth, development, maturation

Elicit

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

S: call forth, evoke, extract, educe

A: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

Expostulate

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

S: protest, remonstrate, complain

Hackneyed

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

S: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

A: new, fresh, novel, original

Hiatus

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

S: pause, lacuna A: continuity, continuation

Innuendo

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

S: insinuation, intimation

A: direct statement

Intercede

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

S: intervene, mediate

Jaded

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

S: sated, surfeited, cloyed

A: unspoiled, uncloyed

Lurid

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

S: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

A:pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

Meritorious

(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

S: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

A: blameworthy, reprehensible, descreditable

Petulant

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

S: irritable, testy, waspish

A: even-tempered, placid, serene, amicable

Prerogative

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

S: perquisite, perk

Provincial

(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

S: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

A: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

Simulate

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

S: feign, pretend, affect

Transcend

(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

S: surpass, outstrip

Umbrage

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

S: irritation, pique, annoyance

A: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

Unctuous

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

S: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy

A: gruff, blunt

ameliorate

(VERB) to improve,make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

S: Amend, Better

A: Worsen, Aggravate, Excerbate

aplomb

(NOUN) pose, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

S: Composure, Self-Possession, Levelheadedness

A: Confusion, Embarrassment, Abashment

bombastic

(ADJECTIVE) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words inended to conceal a lack of ideas

S: Inflated, Highfalutin, High-flown, Pretentious

A: Unadorned, Simple, Plain, Austere

callow

(ADJECTIVE) without experience; immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise, without feathers

S: Green, Raw, Unfledged, Inexperienced

A: Mature, Grown-up, Polishd, Sophistiated

drivel

(NOUN,VERB) saliva, or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk, or thinking; nonsense; (v) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

S: Balderdash, Hogwash, Tommyrot, slaver

epitome

(NOUN) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

S: Abstract, Digest, Model, Archetype

exhort

(VERB) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

S: Entreat, Implore, Adjure

A: Discourage, Advise against, Deprecate

ex officio

(ADJECTIVE,ADVERB) by virtue of holding a certain office

infringe

(VERB) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

S:Encroach, Impinge, Intrude, Poach

A: Stay in Bounds

ingratiate

(VERB) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a criticl or derrogatory sense)

S: Cozy up To, Curry favor with

A: Alternate, Humiliate oneself, Mortify oneself

interloper

(NOUN) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

S: Trespasser, Meddler, Buttinsky

intrinsic

(ADJECTIVE) belonging to someone or something by its very natre, essetial, inherent, originating in a bodly organ or part

S: Immanent, Organic

A: Extinsic, External, Outward

inveigh

(VERB) to make a violent attack in words express strong disapproval

S: Rail, Harangue, Fulminate, Remonstrate

A: Acclaim, Glorify, Extol

lassitude

(NOUN) weriness of body or mind, lack of energy

S: fatigue, Lethargy, Torpor, Languor

A: Energy, Vitality, Animation, Liveliness

millennium (millennia)

(NOUN) a period of on thousand years; a period of great joy

S: Chiliad, Golden age, Prosperity, Peace

A: Doomsday, Day of Judgement

occult

(ADJECTIVE,VERB,NOUN) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v) to hide, conceal eclipse; (n) matters involving he supernatural

S: Supernatural, Esoteric, Abstruse, Arcane

A: Mundane, Common, Public, Exoteric

permeate

(VERB) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

precipitate

(VERB,ADJECTIVE,NOUN) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to (adj) characterized by excessive haste; (n) moisture; the poduct of an action or process

S: Provoke, Produce, Reckless, Impetous