WorksheetsVocab 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to; to appease, satisfy
assuage
elicit
hackneyed
innuendo
to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
elicit
exposulate
lurid
petulant
to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
expostulate
innuendo
petulant
umbrage
used so often as to lack freshness or originality
hackneyed
meritorious
provincial
petulant
a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
innuendo
lurid
meritorious
petulant
causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color
lurid
expostulate
elicit
assuage
worthy, deserving recognition and praise
meritorious
petulant
elicit
assuage
easily irritated and upset, peevish, annoyed by small things
petulant
meritorious
lurid
innendo
pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind or outlook; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside
provincial
hackneyed
lurid
innuendo
resentment, to take offense, a vague suspicion; shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power
umbrage
assuage
elicit
expostulate
