1. Honors English III
Vocabulary List 1

2. 1) Approbation
(n.) the expression of approval or favorite opinion, praise: official approval
Synonyms: commendation, sanction
Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure

3. 2) Assuage
(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to; appease, satisfy, quench
Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

4. 3) Coalition
(n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine
Antonyms: splinter group

5. 4) Decadence
(n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation

6. 5) Elicit
(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

7. 6) Expostulate
(v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
Antonyms: None

8. 7) Hackneyed (adj.) used so often to lack freshness or originality
Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Antonyms: now, fresh, novel,original

9. 8) Hiatus
(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having something missing)
Synonyms: pause, lacuna
Antonyms: continuity, continuation

10. 9) Innuendo
(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often derogatory)
Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
Antonyms: direct statement

11. 10) Intercede
(v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement
Synonyms: intervene, mediate
Antonyms: none

12. 11) Jaded
(adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled, (being satiated by excessive indulgence)
Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed

13. 12) Lurid
(adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

14. 13) Meritorious (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
Synonyms: Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, descreditable

15. 14) Petulant
(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish
Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

16. 15) Prerogative
(n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
Synonyms: perquisite, perk
Antonyms: none

17. 16) Provincial
(adj.) an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, limited and/or backward; simple, plain (n.) person with a narrow point of view; person from an outlying area
Synonyms: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, niave
Antonyms: (adj.) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

18. 17) Simulate
(v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
Synonyms: feign, pretend, affect
Antonyms: none

19. 18) Transcend (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
Synonyms: surpass, outstrip
Antonyms: none

20. 19) Umbrage
(n.) shade cast by trees; foilage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance
Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

21. 20) Unctuous
(adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression or earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable
Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
Antonyms: gruff, blunt