Honors English III

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