Vocabulary Level F Unit 1,2,3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinon, praise; official approval |
| Assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| Coalition | a combination, uninon, 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 soem course or decision by earnest reasoning |
| Hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| Hiatus | a gap, opening break |
| Innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference |
| Intercede | to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| Jaded | wearied, worn out, dulled |
| 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 any outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, palin design that originated in the countryside, narrowminded, naive |
| Simulate | to make a pretnece of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
| Transcend | to rise above or beyond, exceed |
| Umbrage | shade by trees; foilage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or pwer; offence, resentment; a vague suspicion |
| Unctuous | excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
| Ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| Aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| Bombastic | pompus 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 |
| Epitome | a summary, condensed account; an instant that represents a larger reality; model |
| Exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| Ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| Infringe | to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds, intrude |
| 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; organic |
| Inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong 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 |
| Permeate | to spread thorugh, 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 |
| Stringent | strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
| Surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess |
| Abominate | to have intense dislike or hatred for |
| Acculturation | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend |
| Adventitious | Resulting from chance rather than from an ingerent cause of character; accidental, not essential |
| Ascribe | to assign or refer to |
| Circuitous | Roundabout, not direct |
| Commisterate | to sympathize with |
| Enjoin | to direct or order |
| Expedite | to make easy, cause to progress faster. to speedup |
| Expiate | to make amends, make up for; to avert |
| Ferment | a state of great excitement. agitation, or turbulence |
| Inadvertent | resulting from or makred 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 not |
| Peculate | to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use |
| Proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency, natural bent |
| Sangfroid | composure or coolness |
| Seditious | resistant to lawful authority |
| Tenuous | thin, slender, not dense, flimsy |
| Vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting |
| Wheedle | to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |
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