vocabulary level f unit 1
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VocabularyVocabulary Level FLevel FUnit 1Unit 1
Part Part A A
approbation expostulateassuage hackneyedcoalition hiatusdecadence innuendoelicit intercede
approbationapprobation
• The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
• Approbation:
Approbation Approbation
Synonyms: commendation, sanctionSentence: My broad hint that I had paid for
the lessons myself brought smiles of approbation from all the judges at the piano recital.
assuageassuage
• To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
• Assuage:
assuageassuage
Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allaySentence: Her eyes told me that more than
a few well-chose words would be needed to assuage her hurt feelings.
CoalitionCoalition
• A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
• Coalition:
coalitioncoalition
Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine
Sentence: The various community organizations formed a coalition to lobby against parking laws.
decadencedecadence
• Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
• Decadence:
decadencedecadence
Synonyms: degeneration, corruptionSentence: Some characterized her love of
chocolate as decadence because she ate at least two candy bars a day.
elicitelicit
• To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
ElicitElicit::
elicitelicit
• Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
• Sentence: My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.
expostulateexpostulate
• To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
• Expostulate:
ExpostulationExpostulation
• Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
• Sentence: Shakespeare’s Hamlet finds it useless to expostulate with his mother for siding with his stepfather.
hackneyedhackneyed
• Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
• Hackneyed:
hackneyedhackneyed
• Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
• Sentence: The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being ruined by hackneyed prose and description.
hiatushiatus
• A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
• Hiatus:
hiatushiatus
• Synonym: pause• Sentence: I was awakened not by a
sudden sound but by a hiatus in the din of traffic.
innuendoinnuendo
• A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
• Innuendo:
innuendoinnuendo
• Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
• Sentence: Those lacking the facts or afraid of reprisals often tarnish an enemy’s reputation by use of innuendo.
intercedeintercede
• To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
• Intercede:
intercedeintercede
• Synonyms: intervene, mediate• Sentence: She will intercede in the
dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.
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