vocabulary workshop level f unit 1

Terms	Definitions
approbation	(syn) commendation, sanction (ant) disapproval, condemnation, censure
assuage	(syn) mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay (ant) intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
coalition	(syn) alliance, league, federation, combine (ant) splinter group
decadence	(syn) degeneration, corruption (ant) rise, growth, development, maturation
elicit	(syn) call forth, evoke, extract, educe (ant) repress, quash, squelch, stifle
expostulate	(syn) protest, remonstrate, complain
hackneyed	(syn) banal, trite, commonplace, corny (ant) new, fresh, original, novel
hiatus	(syn) pause, lacuna (ant) continuity, continuation
innuendo	(syn) insinuation, intimation (ant) direct statement
intercede	(syn) intervene, mediate
jaded	(syn) sated, surfeited, cloyed (ant) unspoiled, uncloyed
lurid	(syn) gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly (ant) pleasent, attractive, appealing, wholesome
meritorious	(syn) praiseworthy, laudable, commendable (ant) blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
petulant	(syn) irritable, testy, waspish (ant) even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
prerogative	(syn) perquisite, perk
provincial	(syn) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive (ant) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded
simulate	(syn) feign, pretend, affect
transcend	(syn) surpass, outstrip
umbrage	(syn) irritation, pique, annoyance (ant) pleasure, delight, satisfaction
unctuous	(syn) mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy (ant) gruff, blunt

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