Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List #2


Intercede: to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition. 
Hackneyed: made commonplace or trite; stale; banal.
Approbation: Official approval or sanction.
Innuendo: an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
Coalition: a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc. 
Elicit: to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke. 
Hiatus: a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, actions, etc. 
Assuage: to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate.
Decadence: the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state.
Expostulate: to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done.
Simulate: to create a simulation, likeness or model of something. 
Jaded: dulled or satiated by overindulgence. 
Umbrage: offense; annoyance; displeasure.
Prerogative: an exclusive right or privilege, etc. 
Lurid: gruesome, horrible, revolting, terrible intensity, fierce passion. 
Transcend: to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed. 
Provincial: belonging or peculiar to some particular province. 
Petulant: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance. 
Unctuous: Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor especially in an affected manner. 
Meritorious: deserving reward, praise, esteem, etc.

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