Unit 1 Flashcards
Assuage
V
To make it easier or milder, relieve; too quiet, calm; to put an end to, peas, satisfied, quench.
Synonyms: mitigate slake allay
Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
We needed assuage her feelings
Approbation
N
The expression of approval or favorable opinion praise official approval
Synonyms are sanction
antonyms are disapproval, condemnation, censure
I did a good job so people had approbation for me
Coalition
N
A combination, Union, or merger for some specific purpose
Synonyms: alliance, League, Federation, combine
Antonyms: splinter group
We made a coalition group
Decadence
N
Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Antonyms: rise, growth, maturation
Some viewed her love of chocolate as decadence because she ate two candy bars a day
Elicit
V
To draw forth, bring out from some source such as another person
Synonyms: evoke, extract, a deuce
Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle
My attempt to elicit information over the phone was meant with a barrage of a irrelevant recordings
Expostulate
V
To attempt to dissuade someone from the some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
Shakespeare’s Hamlet finds that useless to expostulate with his mother for siding with his stepfather
Hackneyed
Adj
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
synonyms: panel, traits, commonplace, corny
antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original
Those are corny, hackneyed jokes
Hiatus
N
A gap, opening, break in the sense of having an element missing
synonyms: pause, lacuna;
antonyms: continuity,
You have many hiatus and laggy Wi-Fi movies
Innuendo
N
A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference often in a derogatory sense
Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
Antonyms: direct statement
Girls should give more innuendos
Intercede
V
To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third-party or go-between and a disagreement
Synonyms: intervene, mediate
Dr. Phil intercedes a lot
Jaded
adj
Wearied, worn-out, dulled in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence
Synonyms: seated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed
Drunk people are jaded
Lurid
Adj
Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; send stational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate and intensity or lack of restraint
Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
Very ugly people are lurid
Meritorious
Adj
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise
Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible
I deserve meritorious comments for my good deeds
Petulant
Adj
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish
Antonyms: amiable, placid
Tylers is petulant
Prerogative
N
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
Synonyms: prerequisite, perk
I get the prerogative of getting a free meal at McDonald’s
Provincial
Adj & N
Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or Outlook, countrified it in the sense of being limited and backward, of a simple, plane design that originated in the countryside; (n) A person with a narrow point of view a person from an outlying area, a soldier from a province or colony
Synonyms: Narrowminded, parochial, insular, naive
Antonyms: CosmoPolitan, broad-minded
Little children and their stupid intelligence and foolish ways are providential
Simulate
V
To make a pretense of, imitates, to show the outer signs of
Synonyms: pretend, effect
Actors can simulate feelings they’ve never felt before
Transcend
V
To rise above or beyond, exceed
Synonyms: surpass, outstrip
I Jordan Rys transcend above all
Umbrage
N
Shade cast by trees; foliage giving a shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
Synonyms: irritation, pique
Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
Evil kings provide umbrage to little children
Unctuous
Adj
Excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give an impression or earnestness, sincerity, or pity, fatty, oily; pliable
Synonyms: mealy mouth, farting, greasy
Antonyms: gruff, blunt
Repetitive remarks given unctuous vibe
