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UNIT 1 – Set A

Sadlier - Level F - Unit 1 - Set A

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UNIT 1 – Set A

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  1. UNIT 1 – Set A Grade 11 Mrs. WessamAdlan

  2. intercede approbation meritorious coalition elicit provincial hackneyed transcend innuendo unctuous

  3. APPROBATION n. The expression of approval or favorable opinion , praise Syn. sanction Ant. disapproval I need to write a powerful resume to gain approbation from an employer.

  4. COALITION n. A combination , union Syn. Alliance , league , federation Ant. Splinter group If we want to obtain a pay raise, we need to form a coalition or a union to stand together against our employer.

  5. ELICIT v. To draw forth , bring out from some source Syn. evoke , extract Ant. Repress , quash My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

  6. HACKNEYED adj. repeated too often , overused Syn. Banal , trite Ant. New, fresh , novel , original Every time my internet goes down , the cable company gives me a hackneyed explanation.

  7. INNUENDO n. A hint , indirect suggestion , or reference ( often derogatory) Syn. intimation Ant. Direct statement His report was based on rumors and innuendoes.

  8. INTERCEDE syn. intervene , mediate She will intercede in the dispute between the two children , and soon they will be playing happily again.

  9. Having gotten an “A” in all of his classes, the teenager felt he had proven himself meritorious

  10. PROVINCIAL adj. Pertaining to an outlying area ;local; narrow in mind A person with a narrow point of view or a person from an outlying area A soldier from a province Syn. Narrow – minded , naive Ant. Broad – minded . In many romantic-comedy movies, the heroine dreams of leaving her provincial life to find her Prince Charming in the big city.

  11. UNCTUOUS Adj. not expressing true feelings; pretending to display true feelings Syn. fawning Ant. blunt Find me a politician without unctuous personality, and I will pay you a million bucks!.

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