ap language & composition: vocab unit 1 Flashcards
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| 15345962188 | approbation | the expression of approval of favorable opinion, praise; official approval | 0 | |
| 15345962189 | assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; put and end to, appease, satisfy, quench | 1 | |
| 15345962190 | coalition | a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose | 2 | |
| 15345962191 | decadence | decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence | 3 | |
| 15345962192 | elicit | to draw from, bring out from some source (such as another person) | 4 | |
| 15345962193 | expostulate | to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning | 5 | |
| 15345962194 | hackneyed | used so often as to lack freshness or originality | 6 | |
| 15345962195 | hiatus | a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) | 7 | |
| 15345962196 | innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) | 8 | |
| 15345962197 | intercede | to please of behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | 9 | |
| 15345962198 | jaded | wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) | 10 | |
| 15345962199 | lurid | causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational: place or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint | 11 | |
| 15345962200 | meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise | 12 | |
| 15345962201 | petulant | peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | 13 | |
| 15345962202 | prerogative | a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence | 14 | |
| 15345962203 | provincial (adj) | pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind of outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside | 15 | |
| 15345962204 | provincial | (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area, a soldier from a province or colony | 16 | |
| 15345962205 | simulate | to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of | 17 | |
| 15345962206 | transcend | to rise above or beyond, exceed | 18 | |
| 15345962207 | umbrage | shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment, a vague suspicion | 19 | |
| 15345962208 | unctuous | excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable | 20 |