Unit 1 Vocabulary - Kate

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

• umbrage

• assuage

• elicit

• lurid

to rise above or beyond, to exceed

• transcend

• intercede

• petulant

• innuendo

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

• simulate

• unctuous

• meritorious

• jaded

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

• provincial

• assuage

• coalition

• prerogative

local, narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; a person of a narrow point of view

• meritorious

• intecede

• petulant

• provincial

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

• intercede

• hackneyed

• approbation

• simualte

a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• coalition

• decadence

• transcend

• jaded

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

• umbrage

• coalition

• lurid

• prerogative

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

• intecede

• unctuous

• petulant

• decadence

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

• provincial

• hiatus

• assuage

• simulate