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Vocabulary Workshop/lvlF unit1
Vocabulary Workshop level F Unit 1 definitions, synonyms, and antonyms
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08/20/2007

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approbation
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the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
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assuage
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to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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coalition
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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decadence
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decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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elicit
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to draw forth, bring out from some source
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expostulate
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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hackneyed
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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hiatus
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a gap, opening, break
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innuendo
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a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
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intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
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jaded
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wearied, worn-out, dulled
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lurid
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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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worthy, deserving recognition and praise
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petulant
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peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
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prerogative
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a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
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provincial
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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

a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
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simulate
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to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
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transcend
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
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umbrage
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shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offese, resentment; a vague suspicion
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unctuous
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excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
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approbation
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commendation, sanction
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assuage
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mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
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coaltion
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alliance, league, federation, combine
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decadence
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degeneration, corruption
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elicit
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call forth, evoke, extract, educe
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expostulate
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protest, remonstrate, complain
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hackneyed
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banal, trite, commonplace, corny
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hiatus
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pause, lacuna
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innuendo
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insinuation, intimation
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intercede
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intervene, mediate
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jaded
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sated, surfeited, cloyed
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lurid
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gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
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meritorious
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praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
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petulant
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irritable, testy, waspish
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prerogative
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perquisite, perk
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provincial
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narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
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simulate
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feign, pretend, affect
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transcend
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surpass, outstrip
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umbrage
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irritation, pique, annoyance
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unctuous
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mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
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approbation
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disapproval, condemnation, censure
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assuage
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intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
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coaltion
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splinter group
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decadence
Definition
rise, growth, development, maturation
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elicit
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repress, quash, squelch, stifle
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hackneyed
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new, fresh, novel, original
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hiatus
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continuity, continuation
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innuendo
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direct statement
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jaded
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unspoiled, uncloyed
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lurid
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pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
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meritorious
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blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
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petulant
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even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
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provincial
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cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded
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umbrage
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pleasure, delight, satisfaction
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