Vocab 1

Front

To make easier, relieve, calm, or satisfy.

Back

assuage

Front

to draw forth, bring out from a source

Back

elicit

Front

To dissuade someone through earnest reasoning.

Back

expostulate

Front

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Back

hackneyed

Front

Hint or indirect suggestion (often derogatory)

Back

innuendo

Front

Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color.

Back

lurid

Front

Worthy of recognition and praise

Back

meritorious

Front

Easily irritated, peevish, annoyed by small things

Back

petulant

Front

Pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind; simple design from the countryside.

Back

provincial

Front

resentment, offense, vague suspicion; shade from trees, foliage; overshadowing influence

Back

umbrage