Units 1,2,3 Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise, official approval |
| assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| coalition | a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
| decadence | decline, decay, or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or decay, excessive self indulgence |
| elicit | to draw forth, bring out from some source |
| expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasioning |
| hackneyed | used so often so as to lack freshness or origionality |
| hiatus | a gap, opening, or break in the sense of having an element missing |
| innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference often in a derogatory sense |
| intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as the third party or go between in a diagreement |
| jaded | wearied, worn out, dulled, in the sense of being satiared by excessive indulgence |
| lurid | causing shock, horror, or revulsion, sensational, pale or sallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
| petulant | peevish, annoyed by triffles, easily irritated and upset |
| prerogative | a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence |
| provincial | pertaining to an outlying area, local, narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited or backward, of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside, a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlying area, a soldier from a province or colony |
| simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of |
| transcend | to rise above or beyond, exceed |
| umbrage | shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade, an overshadowing influence or power, offense, resentment, a vague suspicion |
| unctuous | excessively smooth or smug, trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily, pliable |
| ameliorate | to improve, to make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown in language, full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| callow | without experience, immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and poise, without feathers |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose, foolish aimless talk or thinking, nonsense, to let saliva flow from the mouth, to utter nonsense or childish twadle, to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| epitome | a summary, condensed account, an instance that rpresents a larger reality |
| exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent, originating in a bodily organ or part |
| inveigh | to make a voilent attack in words, express atrong disapproval |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy |
| occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural, secret, hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means, to hide, conceal, eclipse, matters involving the supernatural |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture, to cause or bring about suddenly, to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to, characterized by excessive haste, moisture, the product of an action or process |
| stringent | strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste |
| surmise | to think or bnelieve without certain supporting evidence, ro conjecture or guess, likley idea that lacks definite proof |
| abominate | to hane an intense dislike or hatred for |
| acculturation | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of on e group or society by contact with those of another, the resultant blend |
| adventitious | resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character, accidental, not essential, acquired, not congenital |
| ascribe | to assign of refer to, attribute |
| circuitous | roundabout, not direct |
| commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| enjoin | to direct or order, to perscribe a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit |
| expedite | to make easy, cause to progress faster |
| expiate | to make amends, make up for, to avert |
| ferment | a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence, to be in or work in such a state, to produce alcihol by chemical action |
| inadvertent | resulting from or marked by lack of attention, unintentional, accidental |
| nominal | existing in name only, not real, too small to be considered or taken seriously |
| noncommittal | not decisive or definite, unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no |
| peculate | to steal something that has been given onto one's trust, to take improperly for one's own use |
| proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination of tendency |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstanses |
| seditious | resistant to lawful authority, having the purpose of ovethrowing an established government |
| tenuous | thin, slender, not dense, lackiong clarity or sharpness, of slight importance or significance, lacking a sound basis, poorly supported |
| vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting |
| wheedle | to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |
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