VOCABULARY #1

APPROBATION THE EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL, PRAISE. STUDENTS ALWAYS FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS ONCE THEY RECEIVE APPROBATION FROM THEIR ELDERS.

ASSUAGE TO MAKE EASIER OR MILDER, RELIEVE, APPEASE. HER FEELINGS WERE HURT AND ALL SHE WANTED WAS FOR HIM TO ASSUAGE HER SADNESS.

COALITION A COMBINATION, UNION FOR SOME SPECIFIC PURPOSE. A COALITION OF CONSERVATIONISTS IS LOBBYING FOR A NEW FOREST PRESERVATION BILL.

DECADENCE A CONDITION OR PERIOD OF DECLINE OR DECAY; EXCESSIVE SELF-INDULGENCE. “FRENCH” IMPLIES RICHNESS AND DECADENCE, AND THAT'S THE IDEA OF THIS DELICIOUS ICE CREAM.

ELICIT TO DRAW FORTH, BRING OUT FROM SOME SOURCE. INTERROGATING A SUSPECT IS A MOST COMMON FORM OF ELICITING FOR INFORMATION.

EXPOSTULATE TO ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE SOMEONE FROM SOME COURSE OR DECISION BY EARNEST REASONING; PROTEST. STUDENTS OFTEN EXPOSTULATE WITH TEACHERS WHO ASSIGN HOMEWORK OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

HACKNEYED USED SO OFTEN AS TO LACK ORIGINALITY. HACKNEYED OLD SAYINGS HAVE DEFINITELY RUNS ITS COURSE…“NOW COOL YOUR JETS AND LET’S PRECEDE TO NEXT WORD!”

HIATUS A GAP, OPENING, BREAK IF THERE IS ONE SIMILARITY BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, IT IS THAT BOTH GREATLY LOOK FORWARD TO ANY BRIEF HIATUS FROM SCHOOL!

INNUENDO A HINT, INDIRECT SUGGESTION, OR REFERENCE. IF YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE MOVIE, SHREK, YOU WILL NOTICE SOME SLY INNUENDOS BEING USED.

INTERCEDE GO-BETWEEN IN A DISAGREEMENT I BEGGED HIM TO INTERCEDE FOR MY FRIEND SINCE SHE WAS NOT AT FAULT, BUT HE NEVER DID A THING.

JADED WEARIED, WORN-OUT. IT IS TOUGH TO FIND A TASTE EXOTIC ENOUGH FOR THE MOST JADED PALATE.

LURID CAUSING SHOCK, HORROR; PALE OR SALLOW IN COLOR. MOST HORROR FILMS CONTAIN LURID YET GROTESQUE IMAGES THAT ARE HARD TO WATCH.

MERITORIOUS WORTHY, DESERVING RECOGNITION. MOST WAR VETERANS RECEIVE A MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS ACTS OF BRAVERY.

PETULANT EASILY IRRITATED AND UPSET. TEACHERS NEVER RESPOND WELL TO A PETULANT TEENAGER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS BEEN A LONG AND BUSY DAY…TRUST ME ON THIS!

PREROGATIVE A SPECIAL RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE. SOMETIMES, UNETHICAL CEO’S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PREROGATIVE POWER OVER THE COMPANY.

PROVINCIAL OF A SIMPLE, PLAIN DESIGN THAT ORIGINATED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. BELLE SAID IT BEST WHEN SHE DECLARED THAT SHE WANTED MORE FROM LIFE THAN WHAT HER PROVINCIAL HOMETOWN COULD OFFER HER.

SIMULATE TO MAKE A PRETENSE OF; IMITATE. IN MOST INDEPENDENT AND GORY FILMS, KETCHUP IS A CHEAP PROP USED TO SIMULATE BLOOD.

TRANSCEND TO RISE ABOVE OR BEYOND. IN CLASS, OUR GOAL IS HAVE OUR WRITING SKILLS TO TRANSCEND OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER.

UMBRAGE OFFENSE, RESENTMENT; AN OVERSHADOWING INFLUENCE OR POWER. SHE TOOK UMBRAGE AT HIS CRUDE REMARKS.

UNCTUOUS TRYING TOO HARD TO GIVE AN IMPRESSION OF EARNESTNESS. SHE SEEMED FRIENDLY AT FIRST, UNTIL WE LATER NOTICED HER UNCTUOUS FLATTERY- WHAT A FRAUD!