unit 1

Prerogative

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

Expostulate

________- (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of the decision by earnest reasoning.

Assuage

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

Approbation

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

Coalition

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

indirect suggestion

Innuendo- (n.) a hint, ________, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Umbrage

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

period of decline

Decadence- (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or ________ or decay; excessive self- indulgence.

hackneyed

(adj.)

hiatus

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

innuendo

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

jaded

(adj.)

lurid

(adj.)

meritorious

(adj.)

petulant

(adj.)

provincial

(adj.)

unctuous

(adj.)

intercede

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

lurid

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

decadence

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

hackneyed

(adj.) used so often as a lack of freshness or originality

hiatus

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

petulant

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

assuage

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

umbrage

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

expostulate

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

unctuous

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

metitorious

(adj.) worth, deserving recognition and praise

coalition

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

elicit

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

simulate

(v.)to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

approbation

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

innuendo

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

preogative

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

transcend

(v.)to rise above or beyond, exceed

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; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

jaded

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