unit 1 vocab jawn
Terms
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- approbation
- approval; commendation.
- coalition
- a combination or alliance, esp. a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.
- decadence
- the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- elicit
- to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question.
- expostulate
- to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.
- hackneyed
- overdone, overused
- hiatus
- a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- innuendo
- an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
- intercede
- to act or intervene in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition: to intercede with the governor for a condemned man
- jaded
- dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite
- lurid
- gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- meritorious
- deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
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petulant
- irritable moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.
- prerogative
- an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator. privelage
- provincial
- belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- simulate
- to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- transcend
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to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy. - unctuous
- characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.