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Vocab Test 1
Unit 1-3
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English
10th Grade
10/27/2009

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Term
Approbation
Definition

the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise

 

NOUN

Term
Assuage
Definition

to make easier or milder, relieve

 

VERB

Term
Coalition
Definition

a combination, union

 

NOUN

Term
Decadence
Definition

decline, decay, deterioration

 

NOUN

Term
Elicit
Definition

To draw fourth, bring out from some source

 

VERB

Term
Expostulate
Definition

to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision

 

VERB

Term
Hackneyed
Definition

used often as to lack freshness or originality

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Hiatus
Definition

a gap, opening, or break

 

NOUN

Term
Innuendo
Definition

a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference

 

NOUN

Term
Intercede
Definition

to plead on behalf of someone else, to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

 

VERB

Term
Jaded
Definition

wearied, warn-out, dulled

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Lurid
Definition

Causing, shock, horror, or revulsion

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Meritorious
Definition

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Petulant
Definition

Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Prerogative
Definition

a special right or privilege

 

NOUN

Term
Provincial
Definition

pertaining to an outlying area; country side

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
simulate
Definition

to make a pretense of; immitate

 

VERB

Term
Transcend
Definition

To rise above or beyond, exceed

 

VERB

Term
Umbrage
Definition

Shade cast by trees

 

NOUN

Term
Unctuous
Definition

Excessively smooth or smug, trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Amerliorate
Definition

to improve; make better

 

VERB

Term
Bombastic
Definition

pompous or overblown in language

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Callow
Definition
Without experience; immature
Term
Drivel
Definition

Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose

 

NOUN

Term
Epitome
Definition

a summary, condensed account

 

NOUN

Term
Exhort
Definition

to urge strongly; advise earnestly

 

VERB

Term
Ex Officio
Definition

By virtue of holding a certain office

 

ADJECTIVE, ADVERB

Term
Infringe
Definition
To violate, tresspass
Term
ingratiate
Definition

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance


VERB

Term
interloper
Definition

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted; intruder

 

NOUN

Term
Intrinsic
Definition

Belonging to someone or something by its very nature

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Inveigh
Definition

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

 

VERB

Term
lassitude
Definition

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

 

NOUN

Term
Millennium
Definition

A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

 

NOUN

Term
Occult
Definition

Mysterious, magical, supernatural

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Permeate
Definition

To spread through, penetrate, soak through

 

VERB

Term
Precipitate
Definition

To fall as moisture

 

VERB

Term
Stringent
Definition

Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
SURMISE
Definition

To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to guess

 

NOUN

Term
Abominate
Definition

to have an intense dislike or hatred for

 

VERB

Term
Acculturation
Definition

The modification of the social patterns, traits

 

NOUN

Term
Adventitious
Definition

Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Ascribe
Definition

To assign or refer to

 

VERB

Term
Circuitous
Definition

Roundabout, not direct

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Commiserate
Definition

To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for

 

VERB

Term
Enjoin
Definition

to direct or order

 

VERB

Term
Expedite
Definition

to make easy, cause to progress faster

 

VERB

Term
Expiate
Definition

To make amends make up for

 

VERB

Term
Ferment
Definition

state of great excitement, agitation; Making of alcohol

 

NOUN 

Term
Inadvertent
Definition

Resulting from or marker by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

 

ADJECTIVE

Term
Inadvertent
Definition
Resulting from or marked by lack of attention
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