Vocab Unit 1

eileen M. (United States of America)
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  1. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  2. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  3. jaded
    exhausted
  4. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  5. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  6. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  7. lurid
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  8. simulate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
  9. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  10. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  11. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  12. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
  13. decadence
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  14. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  15. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  16. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  17. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  18. intercede
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  19. prerogative
    a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
  20. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
Created on Sat Feb 20 09:13:59 EST 2010

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