Vocab 1-8

approbation

praise

assuage

to calm down; make easier

coalition

an alliance

decadence

corruption

elicit

to evoke

expostulate

to protest

hackneyed

lacking in originality

hiatus

a break

innuendo

insinuation

intercede

intervene

jaded

worn-out

lurid

gruesome

meritorious

deserving of praise

petulant

irritable

prerogative

a special right or privilage

provincial

narrow-minded

simulate

to imitate

transcend

to surpass

umbrage

shade; offense/irritation

unctuous

excessively smug

ameliorate

to improve

aplomb

self-assurance

bombastic

pretentious

callow

immature

drivel

drool

epitome

archetype

exhort

to urge strongly

ex officio

by virtue of holding a certain position

infringe

to violate/trespass

ingratiate

to suck up (to someone)

interloper

trespasser

intrinsic

essential; belonging to someone/thing by its very nature

inveigh

to attack verbally

lassitude

fatigue

millenium

a period of a thousand years or of great joy

occult

secret; to hide; involving the supernatural

permeate

to spread through

precipitate

to fall as moisture; reckless

stringent

strict/severe

surmise

infer; inference

abominate

to hate strongly

acculturation

assimilation

adventitious

fortuitous

ascribe

to credit

circuitous

indirect; winding

commiserate

to sympathize for

enjoin

to prohibit

expedite

to accelerate

expiate

to make amends for

ferment

a state of great excitement; to produce something via chemical reaction

inadvertent

accidental

nominal

existing in name only; inconsequential

noncommittal

indecisive

peculate

embezzle

proclivity

a natural inclination

sangfroid

composure under trying circumstances

seditious

for the purpose of overthrowing the government

tenuous

flimsy; vague

vitriolic

bitter; sarcastic

wheedle

to suck-up

affable

amicable

aggrandize

to intensify

amorphous

shapeless

archetype

epitome

aura

a distinctive air or personal quality

contraband

illegal; smuggled goods

erudite

profoundly educated

gossamer

thin, light cloth; filmy

inscrutable

incomprehensible

insular

narrow-minded

irrevocable

incapable of being changed

propensity

a natural inclination toward

querulous

peevish, complaining, fretful

remonstrate

to protest against

repudiate

to disown, reject

resilient

able to recover quickly

reverberate

to re-echo

scurrilous

obscene

sedulous

persistent

sleazy

thin or flimsy; inferior

amnesty

to pardon

autonomy

self-government

axiomatic

self-evident

blazon

to publish or proclaim

caveat

admonition

equitable

reasonable

extricate

disentangle

filch

to steal sneakily and in petty amounts

flout

to mock

fractious

quarrelsome, unpredictable

precept

a rule of conduct

salutary

beneficial

scathing

bitterly severe

scourge

to punish severely

sepulchral

extremely gloomy or dismal

soporific

sleep-inducing

strait-laced

extremely strict morally

transient

fleeting

unwieldy

not easily carried or handled because of size or complexity

vapid

dull, uninteresting