Level F Unit 1
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199483557 | Approbation | (n.) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval | |
199483558 | Assuage | (v.) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | |
199483559 | Coalition | (n.) A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | |
199483560 | Decadence | (n.) Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence | |
199483561 | Elicit | (v.) To draw forth, bring out from some source | |
199483562 | Expostulate | (v.) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | |
199483563 | Hackneyed | (adj.) Used so often as to lack freshness or originality | |
199483564 | Hiatus | (n.) A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | |
199483565 | Innuendo | (n.) A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) | |
199483566 | Intercede | (v.) To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | |
199483567 | Jaded | (adj.) Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) | |
199483568 | Lurid | (adj.) Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | |
199483569 | Meritorious | (adj.) Worthy, deserving recognition and praise | |
199483570 | Petulant | (adj.) Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | |
199483571 | Prerogative | (n.) A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence | |
199483572 | 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 | |
199483573 | Simulate | (v.) To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of | |
199483574 | Transcend | (v.) To rise above or beyond, exceed | |
199483575 | Umbrage | (n.) Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion | |
199483576 | Unctuous | (adj.) Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |