Vocab Unit 1

Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to _____________ her hurt feelings

• elicit

• assuage

• simulate

• transcend

The various community organizations formed a _____________ to lobby against parking laws.

• hiatus

• prerogative

• coalition

• assuagement

Some viewed her love of chocolate as ______________ because she ate two candy bars a day.

• eliciting

• innuendo

• prerogative

• decadence

My attempt to ___________________ information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

• jaded

• transcend

• simulate

• elicit

I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a _______________ in the din of traffic.

• assuage

• coalition

• hiatus

• transcending

Those lacking the facts often tarnish an enemy's reputation by use of _________________________.

• decadence

• prerogative

• coalitions

• innuendo

After watching four TV football games on New Year's Day, I was _________________ with the pigskin sport for weeks to come.

• simulated

• jaded

• assuaged

• elicited

She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the ______________________ of a veteran employee.

• prerogative

• hiatus

• innuendo

• decadence

Some skilled actors can _______________ emotions they might never have felt in their life.

• jaded

• transcend

• assuage

• simulate

A great work of art may be said to ____________________ time, and it is remembered for decades, or even centuries.

• simulate

• assuage

• innuendo

• transcend