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Words of Wisdom: Language and Vocabulary Unit #1

Enhance your vocabulary skills with this informative language unit. Discover new words such as approbation, assuage, coalition, decadence, elicit, expostulate, hackneyed, hiatus, innuendo, intercede, jaded, lurid, meritorious, petulant, prerogative, provincial, simulate, transcend, umbrage, and unctuous.

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Words of Wisdom: Language and Vocabulary Unit #1

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  1. Vocabulary PicturesUnit #1

  2. approbation The crowd welcomed the military hero with approbation.

  3. assuage The mother attempted to assuage her screaming infant by giving her a pacifier.

  4. coalition The students formed a coalition to combat the school’s new policy.

  5. decadence Some people believe the fall of Rome was due to internal decadence.

  6. elicit The lawyer attempted to elicit information from his client, but the man refused to answer any questions.

  7. expostulate His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.

  8. hackneyed “Think outside the box” is such a hackneyed phrase that it no longer has the same impact it once did.

  9. hiatus Some fans get very upset when their favorite television show is on hiatus.

  10. innuendo Saturday Night Live is known for its innuendos, especially during their newscasts and political skits.

  11. intercede In a courtroom, a judge must often intercede when lawyers begin to argue with each other.

  12. jaded After the long nine hour flight home, the man felt jaded when he finally got off the airplane.

  13. lurid The lurid murder scenes in the movie left me horrified and scared for weeks.

  14. meritorious A room full of medals, awards, and plaques of honor summarize the meritorious career of the retired firefighter.

  15. petulant The petulant child had a temper tantrum when her mother didn’t buy her a new doll.

  16. prerogative There is an old adage “It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.”

  17. provincial Belle, bored with the simple people and simple country ways wondered if there was “more than this provincial life.”

  18. simulate The driver’s education teacher had us practice on a driving simulator to simulate what it was like to actually drive a car.

  19. transcend An optimistic outlook can often help a person transcend obstacles and achieve success.

  20. umbrage The waitress took umbrage at the rude remark made by the customer.

  21. unctuous The unctuous tone of the politician’s speech did not fool the people into believing he was sincere.

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