English Vocab One

Front 1

approbation

Back 1

<n> the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Front 2

assuage

Back 2

<v> to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm;to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Front 3

coalition

Back 3

<n> a combination, union, or merder for some specific purpose

Front 4

decadence

Back 4

<N> decline, decay, or deterioation; a condition or period of decline or decayl excessive self-indulgence

Front 5

elicit

Back 5

<v> to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Front 6

expostulate

Back 6

<v> to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasnoning

Front 7

hackneyed

Back 7

<adj> used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Front 8

hiatus

Back 8

<n> a gap, opening, break (in sense of having an element missing)

Front 9

innuendo

Back 9

<n> a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Front 10

intercede

Back 10

<v> to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement