Test Vocab

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Approbation

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Approbation is, in Roman Catholic canon law, an act by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry.

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Assuage

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Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense ... pacify... cause to be more favorably inclined

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Coalition

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An alliance for combined action, esp. a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states

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Decadence

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Decadence can refer to a personal trait, or to the state of a society (or segment of it). Used to describe a person's lifestyle.

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Elicit

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Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions ... elicited - called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation

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Expostulate

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Express strong disapproval or disagreement ... reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

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Hackneyed

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Lacking significance through having been overused

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Hiatus

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A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process or A break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate

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Innuendo

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An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one ... an indirect remark about somebody or something, usually suggesting something bad, mean or rude

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Intercede

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Intervene on behalf of another ... act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

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Jaded

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Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something ... exhausted

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lurid

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Very vivid in color, esp. so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect ... horrible in fierceness or savagery

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Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise ... deserving reward or praise

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Petulant

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(of a person or their manner) Childishly sulky or bad-tempered ... cranky... easily irritated or annoyed

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Prerogative

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Arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law ... a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

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Provincial

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An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire ... (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

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Simulate

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Imitate the appearance or character of ... imitate... reproduce someone's behavior or looks

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Transcend

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Be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division) ... exceed... be greater in scope or size than some standard

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance ... a feeling of anger caused by being offended

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Unctuous

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(of a person) Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering

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Assuage

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Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense ... pacify... cause to be more favorably inclined... gain the good will of... "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

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Coalition

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An alliance for combined action, esp. a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states

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Decadence

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Decadence can refer to a personal trait, or to the state of a society (or segment of it). Used to describe a person's lifestyle.

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Elicit

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Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions ... elicited - called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation... "evoked potentials"... "an elicited response"

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Expostulate

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Express strong disapproval or disagreement ... reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

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Hackneyed

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Lacking significance through having been overused... unoriginal and trite ... banal... repeated too often... overfamiliar through overuse... "bromidic sermons"... "his remarks were trite and commonplace"... "hackneyed phrases"... "a stock answer"... "repeating threadbare jokes"... "parroting some timeworn axiom"... "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

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Hiatus

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A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process or A break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate

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Innuendo

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An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one ... an indirect remark about somebody or something, usually suggesting something bad, mean or rude... the use of remarks like this... innuendoes about her private life or The song is full of sexual innuendo

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Intercede

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Intervene on behalf of another ... act between parties with a view to reconciling differences... "He interceded in the family dispute"... "He mediated a settlement"

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Jaded

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Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something ... exhausted... "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"

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lurid

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Very vivid in color, esp. so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect ... horrible in fierceness or savagery... "lurid crimes"... "a lurid life"

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Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise ... deserving reward or praise... "a lifetime of meritorious service"... "meritorious conduct"

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Petulant

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(of a person or their manner) Childishly sulky or bad-tempered ... cranky... easily irritated or annoyed... "an incorrigibly fractious young man"... "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

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Prerogative

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Arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law ... a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)... "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

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Provincial

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An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire ... (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order... "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"

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Simulate

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Imitate the appearance or character of ... imitate... reproduce someone's behavior or looks... "The mime imitated the passers-by"... "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

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Transcend

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Be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division) ... exceed... be greater in scope or size than some standard... "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance ... a feeling of anger caused by being offended... "he took offence at my question"

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Unctuous

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(of a person) Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering... oily ... buttery... unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech... "buttery praise"... "gave him a fulsome introduction"... "an oily sycophantic press agent"... "oleaginous hypocrisy"... "smarmy self-importance"... "the unctuous Uriah Heep"... "soapy compliments"