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Vocabulary Group 1 Marks / Pattisall

Vocabulary Group 1 Marks / Pattisall. -- Chalk Talk--. Approbation (n) . The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval. Assuage (v). To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench . Coalition (n).

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Vocabulary Group 1 Marks / Pattisall

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  1. Vocabulary Group 1Marks / Pattisall --Chalk Talk--

  2. Approbation (n) • The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

  3. Assuage (v) • To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

  4. Coalition (n) • A combination , union, or merger for some specific purpose

  5. Decadence (n) • Decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

  6. Elicit (v) • To draw forth , bring out from some source ( such as another person)

  7. Expostulate (v) • To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning (protest)

  8. Hackneyed (adj) • Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

  9. Hiatus (n) • A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

  10. Innuendo (n) • A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

  11. Intercede (v) • To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

  12. Jaded (adj) • Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence )

  13. Lurid (adj) • Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack restraint

  14. Meritorious (adj) • Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

  15. Petulant (adj) • Peevish, annoyed by small things, easily irritated and upset

  16. Prerogative (n) • A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

  17. Provincial (adj, n) • Adj – pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; ‘countrified’ in the sense of being limited in experience about urbanity • Noun – a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area

  18. Simulate (v) • To make a pretense of; imitate; to show the outer signs of

  19. Transcend (v) • To rise above or beyond, exceed

  20. Umbrage (n) • Shade case by trees; foliage; giving shade • An overshadowing influence or power • Offense; resentment; a vague suspicion

  21. Unctuous (adj) • Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness or sincerity • Oily; pliable

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