Vocabulary Chapters 1-5

Front 1

Approbation

Back 1

The expression of approval of favorable opinion

praise

official approval

Front 2

Assuage

Back 2

To make easier

Calm

Relieve

To appease

Front 3

Coalition

Back 3

A combination

Union

Merge for specific purpose

Front 4

Decadence

Back 4

Decline

Deterioration

Period of decay

Corruption

Front 5

Elicit

Back 5

To draw forth

Bring out from some source

Extract

Front 6

Expostulate

Back 6

Attempt to dissuade someone through earnest reasoning

Front 7

Hackneyed

Back 7

Used so often that it lacks freshness and originality

Front 8

Hiatus

Back 8

A gap

Opening

Pause

Front 9

Innuendo

Back 9

A hint

Indirect suggestion

Front 10

Intercede

Back 10

To plead on behalf of someone else

Serve as a third party

Go between in a disagreement

Front 11

Jaded

Back 11

Worn out

Front 12

Lurid

Back 12

Causing shock

Horror

Pale in color

lor

Front 13

Meritorious

Back 13

Worthy

Deserving recognition and praise

Praiseworthy

Commendable

Front 14

Petulant

Back 14

Easily irritated and upset

Front 15

Prerogative

Back 15

A specific right or privelege

Special quality showing excellence

Front 16

Provincial

Back 16

Narrow minded

Front 17

Simulate

Back 17

Imitate

Front 18

Transcend

Back 18

To rise above

Front 19

Umbrage

Back 19

Offence

Front 20

Unctuous

Back 20

1) greacy

2) someone being fake

Front 21

Ameliorate

Back 21

To improve

Front 22

Aplomb

Back 22

Great self confidence

Front 23

Bombastic

Back 23

Full of high sounding words

Front 24

Callow

Back 24

Immature

Front 25

Drivel

Back 25

N. Nonsense

V. Blabber

Front 26

Epitome

Back 26

A summary

Front 27

Exhort

Back 27

To urge strongly

Front 28

Ex officio

Back 28

By virtue of holding a certain office

Front 29

Infringe

Back 29

To trespass/intrude

Front 30

Ingratiate

Back 30

Sucking up

Front 31

Interloper

Back 31

An intruder

Front 32

Intrinsic

Back 32

Belonging to someone or something by it's very nature

Front 33

Inveigh

Back 33

Make a violent attack through words

Front 34

Lassitude

Back 34

Lack of energy

Front 35

Millennium

Back 35

A period of one thousand years

Period of great joy

Front 36

Occult

Back 36

Mysterious

Front 37

Permiate

Back 37

Penetrate

Front 38

Precipitate

Back 38

To bring about suddenly

Front 39

Stringent

Back 39

Strict

Front 40

Surmise

Back 40

Assume without facts

Front 41

Abominate

Back 41

Despise

Front 42

Acculturation

Back 42

Adaption

Front 43

Adventitious

Back 43

Resulting from chance, accidental

Front 44

Ascribe

Back 44

Attribute

Front 45

Circuitous

Back 45

Not direct

Front 46

Commiserate

Back 46

To sympathize with

Front 47

Enjoin

Back 47

To prohibit

Front 48

Expedite

Back 48

To cause to progress faster

Front 49

Expiate

Back 49

Make up for

Front 50

Ferment

Back 50

Commotion

Front 51

Inadvertent

Back 51

Unintentional

Front 52

Nominal

Back 52

Has a title without a job

Front 53

Noncommittal

Back 53

Unwilling to take a clear position

Front 54

Peculate

Back 54

Taking money advantage

Front 55

Proclivity

Back 55

A natural or habitual inclination

Front 56

Sangfroid

Back 56

Composure (durring trying circumstances)

Front 57

Sedition

Back 57

Rebellious

Front 58

Tenuous

Back 58

Lacking clarity or sharpness

Front 59

Vitriolic

Back 59

Bitter, sarcastic

Front 60

Wheedle

Back 60

To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

Front 61

Affable

Back 61

Sociable

Front 62

Aggrandize

Back 62

To increase in greatness

Front 63

Amorphous

Back 63

Shapeless

Front 64

Archetype

Back 64

Model

Front 65

Aura

Back 65

Atmosphere

Front 66

Contraband

Back 66

Illegal, smuggled goods

Front 67

Erudite

Back 67

Scholarly

Front 68

Gossamer

Back 68

Very thin, insubstantial

Front 69

Inscrutable

Back 69

Incomprehensible

Front 70

Insular

Back 70

Narrow minded

Front 71

Irrevocable

Back 71

Incapable of being changed

Front 72

Propensity

Back 72

A natural inclination toward

Front 73

Querulous

Back 73

Irritable, complaining

Front 74

Remonstrate

Back 74

To argue with someone against something

Front 75

Repudiate

Back 75

To disown or deny the validity of

Front 76

Resilient

Back 76

Elastic

Front 77

Reverberate

Back 77

To resound

Front 78

Scurrilous

Back 78

Coarsely abusive in language

Front 79

Sedulous

Back 79

Persistent

Front 80

Sleazy

Back 80

Cheap

Front 81

Amnesty

Back 81

Any act of forgiveness

Front 82

Autonomy

Back 82

Self government

Front 83

Axiomatic

Back 83

Universally accepted principle

Front 84

Blazon

Back 84

To proclaim widely

Front 85

Caveat

Back 85

A warning

Front 86

Equitable

Back 86

Fair

Front 87

Extricate

Back 87

To remove with effort

Front 88

Filch

Back 88

To steal

Front 89

Flout

Back 89

To mock

Front 90

Fractious

Back 90

Tending to be troublesome

Front 91

Precept

Back 91

A rule of conduct or action

Front 92

Salutary

Back 92

Benefitial

Front 93

Scathing

Back 93

Bitterly severe

Front 94

Scourge

Back 94

Punish severely

A cause of suffering

Front 95

Sepulchral

Back 95

Extremely gloomy

Front 96

Soporific

Back 96

Tending to cause sleep

Front 97

Straitlaced

Back 97

Extremely strict with moral standards

Front 98

Transient

Back 98

Lasting only a short time

Front 99

Unwieldy

Back 99

Not easily carried

Front 100

Vapid

Back 100

Dull, uninteresting