Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Enriched Edition Level F Unit 1

approbation

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

assuage

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

coalition

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

decadence

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

elicit

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

expostulate

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

hackneyed

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

hiatus

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

innuendo

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

intercede

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

jaded

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

lurid

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

meritorious

(adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

petulant

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

prerogative

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

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; parochial, insular

simulate

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

transcend

(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed, outstrip, surpass

umbrage

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

unctuous

(adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable; NOT blunt