english final vocab

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1. approbation (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion; praise;

official approval

SYNONYMS: commendation, sanction2. assuage (v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an

end to, appease, satisfy, quench

SYNONYMS: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay3. coalition (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

SYNONYMS: alliance, league, federation, combine

4. decadence (n)deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay;excessive self-indulgence

SYNONYMS: degeneration; corruption

5. elicit (v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another

person)

SYNONYMS: call forth, evoke, extract, educe

6. expostulate (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or

decision by earnest reasoning

SYNONYMS:protest, remonstrate, complain7. hackneyed (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

SYNONYMS: banal, trite, commonplace, corny8. hiatus (n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element

missing)

SYNONYMS: pause, lacuna9. innuendo(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a

derogatory sense)

SYNONYMS: insinuation, intimation

10. intercede (v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third partyor go-between in a disagreement

SYNONYMS:

intervene, mediate11. jaded (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated byexcessive indulgence)

SYNONYMS: taskmaster, slave driver

12. lurid (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale orsallow in color; terrible in intensity or lack of restraint

SYNONYMS: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

13. meritorious (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable14. petulant (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

SYNONYMS: irritable, testy, waspish

15. prerogative (n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showingexcellence

SYNONYMS: prerequisite, perk

16. provincial (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind;countrified in the sense of being limited and backward

SYNONYMS: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, nave

17. simulate (v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

SYNONYMS: feign, pretend, affect


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18. transcend (v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

SYNONYMS: surpass, outstrip

19. umbrage (n) shade cast of trees; foliage giving shade; offense;resentment; vague suspicion

SYNONYMS: irritation, pique, annoyance

20. unctuous (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give animpression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety

SYNONYMS: servile, fawning

21. ameliorate (verb) - to improve

22. aplomb (noun) - self confidence

23. bombastic (adj.) - pompous, over-bearing

24. callow (adj.) immature

25. drivel (noun) - foolish talk

26. epitome (noun) - an instance that represents a larger reality.

27. exhort (verb)- to urge strongly

28. ex officio (adj.) - by virtue of holding a certain office29. infringe (verb) - to violate or trespass

30. ingratiate (verb) - to make oneself agreeable

31. interloper (noun) - an intruder

32. intrinsic (adj.)- essential, necessary

33. inveigh (verb) - to make a violent attack in words

34. lassitude (adj.)- lack of energy

35. millennium (noun)- a period of one thousand years

36. occult (adj.) - mysterious

37. permeate (verb) - penetrate

38. precipitate (verb) - to cause to bring about suddenly

39. stringent (adj.) - strict

40.surmise (verb) - to guess

41. abominate (verb) - to intensely dislike

42. acculturation (noun) - the social patterns, traits or structures of one group43. adventitious (adj.) - resulting from chance

44. ascribe (verb) - to assign or refer to

45. circuitous (adj.) - roundabout, not direct

46. commiserate (verb) - to sympathize with47. enjoin (verb) - to prohibit

48. expedite (verb) - to make easy

49. expiate (verb) - to make amends (make up for)50. ferment (verb) - to excite or agitate

51. inadvertent (adj.) - lack of attention

52. nominal (adj.) - too small to be considered53. noncommittal (adj.) - not definite

54. peculate (verb) - to steal

55. proclivity (noun) - a talent

56. sangfroid (n) clam, coolness


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57. seditious (adj.) - resistant to lawful authority

58. tenuous (adj.) - thin, slender

59. vitriolic - adj.- bitter, sarcastic60. wheedle - verb - to coax or flatter in order to get something


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