English Vocab Unit 1
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prince_of_hope on September 11, 2010
Subjects:
ap english language & composition
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Approbation | Expression of approval, praise or opinion |
| Assuage | To make easier or milder, relieve, calm |
| Coalition | Combination, union or merger |
| Decadence | Decline, decay or deterioration |
| Elicit | Draw forth, bring out |
| Expostulate | To attempt to dissuade someone |
| Hackneyed | used so often as to lacken freshness |
| Hiatus | A gap, opening or break |
| Innuendo | Hint, indirect suggestion or reference |
| Intercede | To plead on behalf of someone else |
| Jaded | Dulled, worn-out |
| Lurid | Causing shock, horror |
| Meritorious | Worthy, deserving praise |
| Petulant | Peevish, easily irritated |
| Prerogative | Special right and privilege |
| Provincial | Pertaining to an outlying area |
| Simulate | To make a pretense of, imitate |
| Transcend | To rise above or beyond, exceed |
| Umbrage | Shade cast by trees |
| Unctuous | Excessively smooth or snug |
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