11th Vocab Unit 1 - Test: Form B

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.

• assuage

• a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• approbation

• decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

• elicit

• to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quence

• coalition

• the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official praise

• decadence

• to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.

• expostulate

• to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by ernest reasoning

• intercede

• a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

• innuendo

• a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

• hiatus

• to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

• hackneyed

• used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.

• petulant

• causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

• meritorious

• a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

• lurid

• worthy, deserving recognition and praise

• prerogative

• peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and uset

• jaded

• wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Match the following definitions with the correct terms.

• provincial

• to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

• simulate

• excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

• transcend

• shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

• unctuous

• pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mine or outlook, countrified in the sense or being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view, a person from an outlying area; a soldier form a province or colony

• umbrage

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

Match the following prompts with the correct terms.

• coalition

• 
• elicit

• Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine

• jaded

• 
• decadence

• Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original

• hackneyed

• Their tastes have been so _____ by luxurious living that they seem incapable of enjoying the simple pleasures of life.