AP World Lit
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MarisaElaine on August 21, 2011
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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 reasoning |
| Hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or orginality |
| 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 trifles, easily irritated and upset |
| Prerogative | a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
| Provincial | pertaining to and outlying area; local; narrow minded or narrow minded outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; |
| Simulate | to make a pretense of; imitate; to show outer signs of |
| Transcend | to rise above or beyond; exceed |
| Umbrage | shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
| Unctuous | excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give and impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety |
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