Vocabulary Unit 1

A shady car salesman, who is just after your money could be described as ...

• Decadent

• Elicit

• Hackneyed

• Unctuous

A vacation or break could be referred to as a ...

• Unctuous
• Hiatus
• Assuage
• Approbation

A hurtful or offensive remark could cause...

• Umbrage
• Decadence
• Innuendo
• Petulance

To provide relief is to ...

• Assuage
• Expostulate
• Elicit
• Simulate

Which is the opposite of approbation?

• prediction
• an award
• kindness
• disapproval

A suggestion that is hinted at or indirect might be called ... 

• elicit
• innuendo
• insincere
• improvisation

To simulate is to...

• cower
• mock
• conversate
• immitate

An alliance can also be called a

• divorce
• coalition
• innuendo
• hiatus

If something is provincial, it is...

• terrifiing
• awkward
• nerve-racking
• in the country

If you graduate with high honors, you could be described as...

• petulant
• meritorious
• lurid
• provincial