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Vocab Unit 1
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11th Grade
08/26/2010

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Approbation
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(n) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise;

official approval

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Assuage
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(v) to make easier or milder
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Coalition
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(n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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decadence
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(n) decline, decay, or deterioration;

a condition or period of decline or decay

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Elicit
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(V) to draw forth, bring out from some sorce (such as another person)
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Expostulate
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(V) to attempt to dissuafe someone from some course by ernest reasoning
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hackneyed
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(adj) used so often as to lack freshness
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hiatus
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(N) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
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Innuendo
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(N) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in the derogatory sense)
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Intercede
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(V) to plead on behlaf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement
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Jaded
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(adj) wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
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Lurid
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(adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
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Meritorious
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(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
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Petulant
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(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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Prerogative
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(n) a special right or privelage; a special quality showing excellence
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Provincial
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(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook

(n) a person with a narrow point of view

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Simulate
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(V) to make a pretence of, imitate; to show outer signs of
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Transcend
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(V) to rise above or beyond; exceed
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Umbrage
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(N) shade cast by trees; foilage giving shade

offense; resentment; a vague suspicion

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Unctuous
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(adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety
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Synonym for "pause"
Definition
Hiatus
Term
Synonym for "insinuation"
Definition
Innuendo
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Synonym for "wearied"
Definition
Jaded
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Synonym for "Peevish"
Definition
Petulant
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Synonym for "perquisite"
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Prerogative
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Synonym for "annoyance"
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Umbrage
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Synonym for "servile"
Definition
Unctuous
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Synonym for "feign"
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Simulate
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Synonym for "alleviate"
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Assuage
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Synonym for "commendation"
Definition
Approbation
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Synonym for "gruesome"
Definition
Lurid
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Synonym for "protest"
Definition
expostulate
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Synonym for "exceed"
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Transcend
Term
Synonym for "alliance"
Definition
Coalition
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Synonym for "mediate"
Definition
Intercede
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Antonym for "development"
Definition
Decadence
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Antonym for "broad-minded"
Definition
Provincial
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Antonym for "squelch"
Definition
Elicit
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Antonym for "discreditable"
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Meritorious
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Antonym for "novel"
Definition
Hackneyed
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