English Iii Vocabulary Unit 1

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Approbation

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(n) official praise or approval

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Assuage

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(v) to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe

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Coalition

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(n) a union of two or more political parties that allows them to form a government or fight an election together

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Decadence

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(n) behaviour that shows that someone has low moral standards and is more concerned with pleasure than serious matters

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Elicit

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(v) to succeed in getting information or a reaction from someone, especially when this is difficult

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Expostulate

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(v) to express strong disapproval, disagreement, or annoyance with someone

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Hackneyed

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(adj) a hackneyed phrase is boring and does not have much meaning because it has been used so often

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Hiatus

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(n) a break or interruption in an activity

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Innuendo

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(n) a remark that suggests something sexual or unpleasant without saying it directly, or these remarks in general

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Intercede

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(v) to speak in support of someone, especially in order to try to prevent them from being punished

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Jaded

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(adj) someone who is jaded is no longer interested in or excited by something, usually because they have experienced too much of it

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Lurid

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(adj) a description, story etc that is lurid is deliberately shocking

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Meritorious

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(adj) very good and deserving praise

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Petulant

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(adj) behaving in an unreasonably impatient and angry way, like a child

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Prerogative

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(n) a right that someone has, especially because of their importance or social position

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Provincial

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(adj) old-fashioned and not interested in anything new or different - used to show disapproval (n) someone who comes from a part of a country that is not near the capital, especially someone who is not interested in anything new or different - often used to show disapproval

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Simulate

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(v) to make or produce something that is not real but has the appearance or feeling of being real

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Transcend

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(v) to go beyond the usual limits of something

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Umbrage

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(n) to be offended by something that someone has done or said, often without good reason

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Unctuous

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(adj) too friendly and praising people too much in a way that seems very insincere