Chemistry Fundamentals: Atoms, Bonds, Mixtures, and pH

Approbation

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

Coalition

(n.) A combination, union, or merge.

Elicit

(v.) To draw forth, bring out from some source.

Hackneyed

(adj.) Used so often as to lack freshness or originality.

Innuendo

(n.) A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference.

Intercede

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

Meritorious

(adj.) Worthy, deserving recognition and praise.

Provincial

(n.) A person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area.

Transcend

(v.) To rise above or beyond, exceed.

Unctuous

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

Assuage

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

Decadence

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

Expostulate

(v.) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision.

Hiatus

(n.) A gap, opening, break.

Jaded

(adj.) Wearied, worn-out, dulled.

Lurid

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

Petulant

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

Prerogative

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

Simulate

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

Umbrage

(n.) An overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion.