Vocabulary Unit 1 Words 1-10

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

• expostulate

• approbation

• intercede

• elicit

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

• innuendo

• hackneyed

• decadence

• assuage

a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• coalition

• hiatus

• assuage

• intercede

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

• assuage

• hiatus

• approbation

• decadence

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

• elicit

• innuendo

• expostulate

• coalition

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

• approbation

• expostulate

• intercede

• hackneyed

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

• intercede

• elicit

• hackneyed

• assuage

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

• hiatus

• intercede

• elicit

• approbation

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

• intercede

• coalition

• innuendo

• expostulate

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

• decadence

• hiatus

• expostulate

• intercede