Unit 1

Question 1

Assuage

Answer 1

To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe

Question 2

Coalition

Answer 2

Combination in a body or mass

Question 3

Decadence

Answer 3

A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline

Question 4

Elicit

Answer 4

To exude or extract gradually or without violence

Question 5

Expostulate

Answer 5

To reason with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; to protect against a decision or action

Question 6

Hackneyed

Answer 6

Greatly overused; trite

Question 7

Hiatus

Answer 7

A gap or interruption, break, interval

Question 8

Innuendo

Answer 8

An indirect insinuation or suggestion about a person or thing, usually of a degrading and derogatory nature

Question 9

Intercede

Answer 9

To plead on someone else’s behalf, to mediate an argument

Question 10

Jaded

Answer 10

Worn out; wearied

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

Causing shock or horror, grotesque

Question 12

Meritorious

Answer 12

Deserving reward or praise

Question 13

Petulant

Answer 13

Easily irritated, ill-tempered, peevish

Question 14

Prerogative

Answer 14

An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group

Question 15

Provincial

Answer 15

One who is uncultured in thoughts and manner; uncultured in thought and manner; narrow minded and not open to new ideas

Question 16

Simulate

Answer 16

Imitate

Question 17

Transcend

Answer 17

To surpass, pass beyond the limits

Question 18

Umbrage

Answer 18

Offense, resentment

Question 19

Unctuous

Answer 19

Excessively suave to the point of being fake, obviously exaggerated earnestness

Question 20

Approbation

Answer 20

Formal or official approval; also, praise