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my vocab final
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English
12th Grade
12/14/2009

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Term
approbation
Definition
commendation, sanction
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assuage
Definition
mitigate,alleviate,slake,allay
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coalition
Definition
alliance,league,federation,combine
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Decadence
Definition
degeneration,corruption
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Elicit
Definition
call forth,evoke,extract,educe
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Exspostulate
Definition
protest,remonstrate,complain
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Hackneyed
Definition
banal,trite,commonplace,corny
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Hiatus
Definition
pause,lacuna
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Innuendo
Definition
insinuation,intimation
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intercede
Definition
intervene,mediate
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jaded
Definition
sated,surfeited,cloyed
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lurid
Definition
gruesome,gory,grisly,baleful,ghastly
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meritorious
Definition
praiseworthy,laudable,commendable
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petulant
Definition
irritable,testy,waspish
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prerogative
Definition
perquisite,perk
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provincial
Definition
narrow-minded,parochial,insular,naive
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simulate
Definition
feign,pretend,affect
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transend
Definition
surpass,outstrip
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umbrage
Definition
irritation,pique,annoyance
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unctuous
Definition
mealymouthed,servile,fawning,greasy
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