Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 1 – Flashcards
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Approbation
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The expression of approval for the favorable opinion, praise; official approval.
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Assuage
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To make easier of milder. To calm. To quench
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Coalition
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A group of people. A combination, union, or merger for some specific purposes.
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Decadence
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Decline, delay, or deterioration
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Elicit
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To draw forth.
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Expostulate
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To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning.
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Hackneyed
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Used so often as to lack freshness or originality.
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Hiatus
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A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing).
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Innuendo
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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense).
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Intercede
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To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement.
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Jaded
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Wearied, worn-out, dulled.
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Lurid
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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion.
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Meritorious
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Worthy, deserving recognition and praise.
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Petulant
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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easy irritated and upset.
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Prerogative
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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
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Provincial
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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 a countryside; (n.) A person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony.
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Simulate
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To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of.
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Transcend
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To rise above or beyond
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Umbrage
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Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence of power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
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Unctuous
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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily; pliable
