Vocab unit 1

Question 1

The expression of approval or favorable opinion

Answer 1

Approbation

Question 2

To make easier or milder

Answer 2

Assuage

Question 3

A combination,union,or merger for some specific purpose

Answer 3

Coalition

Question 4

Decline,decay,or deterioration

Answer 4

Decadence

Question 5

To draw forth, bring out from some source

Answer 5

Elicit

Question 6

To attempt to dissuade someone from some course

Answer 6

Expostulate

Question 7

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Answer 7

Hackneyed

Question 8

A gap, opening, break

Answer 8

Hiatue

Question 9

A hint, indirect suggestion,or reference

Answer 9

Innuendo

Question 10

To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a 3rd go- between in a disagreement

Answer 10

Intercede

Question 11

Wearied, worn-out, dulled

Answer 11

Jaded

Question 12

Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale sallow in color

Answer 12

Lurid

Question 13

Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Answer 13

Meritorious

Question 14

Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Answer 14

Petulant

Question 15

A special right or privilege;a special quality snowing excellence

Answer 15

Prerogative

Question 16

An outlying area, local, narrow- minded, naive

Answer 16

Provincial

Question 17

To copy real life, imitate

Answer 17

Simulate

Question 18

To rise above or beyond, exceed

Answer 18

Transcend

Question 19

To take offense

Answer 19

Umbrage

Question 20

Excessively smooth or smug;trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness

Answer 20

Unctuous