Vocab level f
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- approbation
- the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise
- assuage
- to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm
- coalition
- a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
- decadence
- decline, decay, or deterioration
- elicit
- to draw forth, bring out from some source
- expostulate
- to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
- hackneyed
- used so often as to lack freshness or originality
- hiatus
- a gap, opening, break
- innuendo
- a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
- intercede
- to plead on behalf of someone else
- jaded
- wearied, wornout, dulled
- lurid
- causing shock, horror, revulsion;sensational; pale or sallow in color
- meritorious
- worthy, deserving recognition and praise
- petulant
- peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
- prerogative
- a special right our privilege
- provincial
- pretaingin to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook
- simulate
- to make a pretense of, imitate
- transcend
- to rise above or beyond, exceed
- umbrage
- shade cast by trees: foliage giving shade; offense
- unctuous
- excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness;fatty
- abominate
- to have an intense dislike or hatred for
- acculturation
- the modification fo the social patterns, traits, or stuctures of one group or society by contact with those of another
- adventitious
- resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character
- ascribe
- to assign or refer to
- circuitous
- roundabout, not direct
- commiserate
- to sympathize with
- enjoin
- to direct or order
- expedite
- to make easy
- expiate
- to make amends, make up for
- ferment
- a state fo great excitement; to produce alcohol by chemical action
- inadvertent
- resulting from or marked by lack of attention, accidental
- nominal
- existing in name only, not real; to small to be considered or taken seriously
- noncommittal
- not decisive or definite
- peculate
- to steal something that has been given into one's trust
- proclivity
- a natural or habitual inclination or tendency
- sangfroid
- composure or coolness
- seditious
- resistant to lawful authority
- tenuous
- thin, slender, not dense, laking larity or sharpness
- vitriolic
- bitter, sarcastic
- wheedle
- to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
- ameliorate
- to improve
- aplomb
- poise, assurance
- bombastic
- pompous or overblown in language
- callow
- without experience; immature
- drivel
- salive or mucus flowing from mouth or nose;foolish;nonsense
- epitome
- summary
- exhort
- to urge strongly, advise earnestly
- ex officio
- by virtue of holding a certain office
- infringe
- to violate, trespass
- ingratiate
- to make oneself afreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
- interloper
- one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be
- intrinsic
- belonging to someone or something by its very nature, organic
- inveigh
- to make a violent attack in words
- lassitude
- weariness of body or mind
- millennium
- a period of one thousand years
- occult
- mysterious, magical
- permeate
- to spread through, penetrate
- precipitate
- to fall as moisture, to hurl down from a great height
- stringent
- strict, severe
- surmise
- to think or believe without certain supporting evidence