English III Vocab Unit 1

(v) to rise above, exceed

• transcend

• jaded

• lurid

• intercede

(n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

• decadence

• petulant

• provincial

• prerogative

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

• elicit

• umbrage

• assuage

• simulate

(n) combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• jaded

• innuendo

• expostulate

• coalition

(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

• innuendo

• petulant

• provinical

• prerogative

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

• hiatus

• expostulate

• elicit

• simulate

(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

• hackneyed

• jaded

• simulate

• meritorious

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

• intercede

• lurid

• innuendo

• simulate

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

• coalition

• umbrage

• hiatus

• assuage

(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

• petulant

• transcend

• unctuous

• meritorius