Vocabulary Level F Unit 1
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VocabularyVocabulary
Level FLevel FUnit 1Unit 1
Part Part A A
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approbation expostulate
assuage hackneyed
coalition hiatus
decadence innuendo
elicit intercede
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approbationapprobation
• The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
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• Approbation:
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Approbation Approbation
Synonyms: commendation, sanction
Sentence: My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of approbation from all the judges at the piano recital.
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assuageassuage
• To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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• Assuage:
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assuageassuage
Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Sentence: Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chose words would be needed to assuage her hurt feelings.
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CoalitionCoalition
• A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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• Coalition:
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coalitioncoalition
Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine
Sentence: The various community organizations formed a coalition to lobby against parking laws.
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decadencedecadence
• Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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• Decadence:
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decadencedecadence
Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Sentence: Some characterized her love of chocolate as decadence because she ate at least two candy bars a day.
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elicitelicit
• To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
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ElicitElicit::
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elicitelicit
• Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
• Sentence: My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.
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expostulateexpostulate
• To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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• Expostulate:
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ExpostulationExpostulation
• Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
• Sentence: Shakespeare’s Hamlet finds it useless to expostulate with his mother for siding with his stepfather.
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hackneyedhackneyed
• Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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• Hackneyed:
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hackneyedhackneyed
• Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
• Sentence: The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being ruined by hackneyed prose and description.
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hiatushiatus
• A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
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• Hiatus:
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hiatushiatus
• Synonym: pause
• Sentence: I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a hiatus in the din of traffic.
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innuendoinnuendo
• A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
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• Innuendo:
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innuendoinnuendo
• Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
• Sentence: Those lacking the facts or afraid of reprisals often tarnish an enemy’s reputation by use of innuendo.
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intercedeintercede
• To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
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intercedeintercede
• Synonyms: intervene, mediate
• Sentence: She will intercede in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.