Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 1

Approbation

(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval. \---------- syn: sanction

assuage

(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench.\---------- syn: mitigate, slake, allay

coalition

(n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose. \---------- syn: alliance, league, federation, combine

decadence

(n.) excessive self-indulgence. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; \---------- syn: degeneration, corruption

elicit

(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) \---------- syn: evoke, extract, educe

expostulate

(v.) o attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning. \---------- syn: protest, remonstrate, complain

hackneyed

(adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality. \---------- syn: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

hiatus

(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) \---------- syn: pause, lacuna

innuendo

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) \---------- syn: insinuation, intimation

intercede

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

jaded

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

lurid

(adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint \----------syn:gruesome, gory, baleful, ghastly

meritorious

(adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise \---------- syn: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

petulant

(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset \---------- syn: irritable, testy, waspish

prerogative

(n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence \---------- syn: perquisite, perk

provincial

(adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backware; 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. \---------- syn: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

simulate

(v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of. \---------- syn: pretend, affect

transcend

(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed \---------- syn: surpass, outstrip

umbrage

(n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion \---------- syn: irritation, pique.

unctuous

(adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable. \---------- syn: mealymouthed, fawning, greasy