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Vocab 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

assuage

b)

elicit

c)

hackneyed

d)

innuendo

2.

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

a)

elicit

b)

exposulate

c)

lurid

d)

petulant

3.

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

a)

expostulate

b)

innuendo

c)

petulant

d)

umbrage

4.

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

a)

hackneyed

b)

meritorious

c)

provincial

d)

petulant

5.

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

a)

innuendo

b)

lurid

c)

meritorious

d)

petulant

6.

causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color

a)

lurid

b)

expostulate

c)

elicit

d)

assuage

7.

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

a)

meritorious

b)

petulant

c)

elicit

d)

assuage

8.

easily irritated and upset, peevish, annoyed by small things

a)

petulant

b)

meritorious

c)

lurid

d)

innendo

9.

pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind or outlook; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside

a)

provincial

b)

hackneyed

c)

lurid

d)

innuendo

10.

resentment, to take offense, a vague suspicion; shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power

a)

umbrage

b)

assuage

c)

elicit

d)

expostulate