Advanced World Literature and Culture
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
| approbation | My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of ______ from all the judges at the piano recital |
| assuage | To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
| assuage | Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to _____ her hurt feelings |
| coalition | A combonation, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
| coalition | the various community organizations formed a _____ to lobby against parking laws |
| decadence | decline, decay, or deterioration; excessive self-indulgence |
| decadence | Some characterized her love of chocolate as _____ because she ate at least two candy bars a day |
| elicit | to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
| elicit | My attemp to _____ information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevent recordings |
| expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone form some course of action or decision be earnest reasoning |
| expostulate | Shakespear's Hamlet finds it useless to _____ with his mother for siding with his stepfather |
| Hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
| Hackneyed | The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being marred by _____ prose |
| Hiatus | a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having a missing element) |
| Hiatus | I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a _____ in the din of traffic |
| Innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
| innuendo | Those lacking the facts or afraid of reprisals often tarnish an enemy's reputation by use of _____ |
| Intercede | to plead on behalf of somone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
| intercede | she will _____ in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again |
| jaded | wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satisfied by excessive endulgence) |
| jaded | the wilted handclasp and the fast-melting smile mark the _____ refugee from too many parties |
| lurid | causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational, pale or sallow in color |
| lurid | bright, sensational, and often _____, some old-time movie posters make todays newpaper ads look tame |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving of recognition and praise |
| mertitorious | many years of _____ service could not dissuade him from feeling he had not chosen work that he liked |
| petulant | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
| petulant | an overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a _____ child |
| perogative | a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence |
| perogative | she seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the _____ of a veteran employee |
| provincial | pertaining to an outlying area, local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward OR a person with a narrow point of view; person form an outlying area |
| provincial | the banjo, once thought to be a _____ product of the southern hills, actually came here from Africa |
| simulate | to make pretense of, imitate |
| simulate | some skilled actors can _____ emotions they might never have felt in life |
| transcend | to rise above or beyond |
| transcend | a great work of art may be said to _____ time, and it is remembered for decades, or even centuries |
| unbrage | shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing of influence or power; offence, resentment; a vague suspicion |
| unbrage | she hesitated to offer her opinion, fearing that they would take _____ at her criticism |
| unctuous | excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or peity; fatty, oily |
| unctuous | her constant inquiring about the health of my family at first seemed friendly, later merely _____ |
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