Unit 1 VocabularyAuthor: Meighen Mitchel
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Keywords: , , , , , , online teaching
Content:
Definitions:
0. lurid
1. umbrage
2. assuage
3. meritorious
4. hackneyed
5. elicit
6. coalition
7. hiatus
8. intercede
9. decadence
10. petulant
11. transcend
12. simulate
13. innuendo
14. provincial
15. prerogative
Answers:
0. a decline; a condition or period of decline and decay
1. causing shock, horror; pale or sallow in color
2. a hint, indirect suggestion
3. to draw forth, bring out from some source
4. pertaining to an outlying area, narrow minded, naive
5. to dissuade someone from a course of action through reason
6. to plead on behalf of someone else
7. shade cast by trees, foilage giving shade
8. worthy, deserving recognition and praise
9. to rise above or beyond; exceed
10. peevish, annoyed by trifles
11. make easier or milder
12. a union, or merger for a specific purpose
13. used so often as to lack originality
14. excessively smooth or smug
15. wearied, worn out, dulled
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