Vocabulary Workshop Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Approbation | (n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| Assuage | (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| Coalition | (n.) a combination, union, or merger 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 some source (such as another person) |
| Expostulate | (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning |
| Hackneyed | (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| Hiatus | (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
| Innuendo | (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
| Intercede | (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| Jaded | (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
| Lurid | (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow 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 |
| 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 |
| Simulate | (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| Transcend | (v) to rise above or beyond, exceed |
| Umbrage | (n.) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
| Unctuous | (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
| Ameliorate | (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| Bombastic | (adj) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| Callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
| Drivel | (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| Epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| Exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| Ex officio | (adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office |
| Infringe | (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| Ingratiate | (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| Interloper | (n.) one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| Intrinsic | (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
| Inveigh | (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| Lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| Millennium, Millennia | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
| Occult | (adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural |
| Permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| Precipitate | (v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process |
| Stringent | (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
| Surmise | (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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