Vocab 1-3

Front 1

the expression of approval or faborable opinion; praise; official approval

Back 1

approbation

Front 2

to make easier or milder, relive; to quiet, clam; to put an end to, appease, satisty, quench

Back 2

assuage

Front 3

a combination, union or merger for some specific purpose

Back 3

coalition

Front 4

decline, decay, or deterioratio; a condition or period delcine or dcay; excessive self-indlugence

Back 4

decadence

Front 5

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

Back 5

elicit

Front 6

to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Back 6

expostulate

Front 7

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Back 7

hackneyed

Front 8

a gap, openiing, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Back 8

hiatus

Front 9

a hint, indirect suggestion, or refernce (often in a derogatory sense)

Back 9

innuendo

Front 10

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

Back 10

intercede

Front 11

wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Back 11

jaded

Front 12

causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of resraint

Back 12

lurid

Front 13

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Back 13

meritorious

Front 14

peevish, annyoed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Back 14

petulant

Front 15

a special right or privalge; a special quality showing excellence

Back 15

prerogative

Front 16

pertaining to an outlying area; local, narrow in mind or outlook; a person with a narrow point of view; a soldier from a province or colony

Back 16

provincial

Front 17

to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of

Back 17

simulate

Front 18

to rise above or beyond, exceed

Back 18

transcend

Front 19

shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion.

Back 19

umbarge

Front 20

expcessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an inpresssion of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

Back 20

unctuous

Front 21

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Back 21

ameliorate

Front 22

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpenidularity

Back 22

aplomb

Front 23

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Back 23

bombastic

Front 24

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Back 24

callow

Front 25

saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense;

Back 25

drivel

Front 26

a summary, condesed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

Back 26

epitome

Front 27

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Back 27

exhort

Front 28

by virtue of holding a certain office

Back 28

ex officio

Front 29

to violate, trespass, go beyond dthe reconginized bounds

Back 29

infringe

Front 30

to make oneselft agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

Back 30

ingratiate

Front 31

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

Back 31

interloper

Front 32

belonging o someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

Back 32

intrinsic

Front 33

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disaproval

Back 33

inveigh

Front 34

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Back 34

lassitude

Front 35

a period of one thousand years, a period of great joy

Back 35

millennium

Front 36

mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from the view;

Back 36

occult

Front 37

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Back 37

permeate

Front 38

to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great hight

Back 38

precipitate

Front 39

strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling, sharp or bitter to the taste

Back 39

stringent

Front 40

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks deinite proof

Back 40

surmise

Front 41

to have an intense dislike or hatred for

Back 41

abominate

Front 42

the modification of the social patters, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

Back 42

acculturation

Front 43

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

Back 43

adventitious

Front 44

to assign or refer to (as a cuase or source), attribute

Back 44

ascribe

Front 45

roundabout, not direct

Back 45

circuitous

Front 46

to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

Back 46

commiserate

Front 47

to direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

Back 47

enjoin

Front 48

to make easy, cause to progress faster

Back 48

expedite

Front 49

to make amends, make up for; to avert

Back 49

expiate

Front 50

a stae of great excitment, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action

Back 50

ferment

Front 51

resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

Back 51

inadvertent

Front 52

existing in name only, not real; toow small to be considered or taken seriously

Back 52

nominal

Front 53

not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no

Back 53

noncommital

Front 54

to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use

Back 54

peculate

Front 55

a natural or habitual inclination or tendancy (especially of human character or behavior)

Back 55

proclivity

Front 56

composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

Back 56

sangfroid

Front 57

resistent to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

Back 57

seditious

Front 58

thin, slender, no dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

Back 58

tenuous

Front 59

bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)

Back 59

vitriolic

Front 60

to use coaxing or flattery to gain some disered end

Back 60

wheedle