Unit 1 English 11

n. the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

• elicit
• approbation
• meritorious 
• provincial 

v. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to appease, satisfy, quench

• expostulate
• assuage
• unctuous
• petualant

n. a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• simulate
• innuendo
• coalition
• lurid

n. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

• assuage
• prerogative
• meritorious
• decadence

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

• coalition
• umbrage
• elicit
• hiatus

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

• expostulate
• decadence
• transcend
• jaded

adj. used so often as to lack freshness or originality

• lurid
• hackneyed
• approbation
• provincial

n. a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

• decadence
• expostulate
• intercede
• hiatus

n. a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

• innuendo
• petulant
• umbrage
• coalition

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

• hackneyed
• elicit
• assuage
• intercede