Vocab Chapters 1-3

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Approbation: (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
Assuage: (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve,; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease; satisfy, quench
Coalition: (n.) A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Decadence: (n.) Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence
Elicit: (v.) To draw forth, bring out from some source
Expostulate: (v.) To attempt to dissuage someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Hackneyed: (adj.) Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
Hiatus: (n.) A gap, opening, break
Innuendo: (n.) A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
Intercede: (v.) to plead on bhealf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement
Jaded: (adj.) Wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
Lurid: (adj.) Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or salloiw in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
Meritorious: (adj.) Worthy, deserving of praise and recognition
Petulant: (adj.) Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Prerogative: (n.) A special right or privelege; a special quality showing excellence
Provincial: (adj.) Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain 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
Simulate: (v.) To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
Transcend: (v.) To rise above or beyond, exceed
Umbrage: (n.) Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
Unctuous: (adj.) Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
Ameliorate: (v.) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
Aplomb: (n.) Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
Bombastic: (adj.) Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
Callow: (adj.) Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
Drivel: (n.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fratter away foolishly
Epitome: (n.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a large reality
Exhort: (v.) To urge strongly, advise earnestly
Ex Officio: (adj., adv.) By virtue of holding a certain office
Infringe: (v.) To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
Ingratiate: (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
Interloper: (n.) One who moves in whjere they are not wanted or have no right to be, an intruder
Intrinsic: (adj.) Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
Inveigh: (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
Lassitude: (n.) Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
Millenium: (n.) A period of 1,000 years; a period of great joy
Occult: (adj.) Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural
Permeate: (v.) To spread through, penetrate, soak through
Precipitate: (v.) To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process
Stringent: (adj.) Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
Surmise: (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely ideas that lack definite proof
Abominate: (v.) To have an intense dislike or hatred for
Acculturation: (n.) The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
Adventitious: (adj.) Resulting from chance rather than an intrinsic cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medical) acquired, not congenital
Ascribe: (v.) To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
Circuitous: (adj.) Roundabout, not direct
Commiserate: (v.) To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
Enjoin: (v.) To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit
Expedite: (v.) To make easy, cause to progress faster
Expiate: (v.) To make amends, make up for; to avert
Ferment: (n.) A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v.) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
Inadvertent: (adj.) Resulting from or marked by a lack of attention; unintentional; accidental
Nominal: (adj.) Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
Noncimmital: (adj.) Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or say yes or no
Peculate: (v.) To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use
Proclivity: (n.) A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially or human character or behavior)
Sangfroid: (n.) Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstancea
Seditious: (adj.) Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government
Tenuous: (adj.) Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis; poorly supported
Vitriolic: (adj.) Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting
Wheedle: (v.) To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

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