1. Vocab Unit 1
10.6

2. Useful Study Tips
Mnemonics
Quizlet
Try your best to use the words

3. Approbation
POS: Noun
Definition: the expression of approval or favorable opinion; praise
Synonym: sanction
Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure
Approbation-think of your favorite app. You probably like and approve of it.

4. Assuage
POS: Verb
Definition: to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
Sentence: I do yoga to assuage my stress from school.
Assuage think Massage

5. Coalition
POS: Noun
Definition: a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Sentence: The Avengers formed a coalition to save the world from destruction.
If you break it down, the prefix co means the same thing as it does in combination. The latter half of the word reminds me of align. When two or more things co-align, they come together and form a coalition.

6. Decadence
POS: Noun
Definition: decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self- indulgence
The Deca part of the word sounds like “decay.” Decay is a synonym for decadence.

7. Elicit POS: Verb Definition: to draw forth, bring out from some source
Synonyms: evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle
Sentence: She's been unable to elicit much sympathy from the public.

8. Expostulate
PSO: Verb
Definition: to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
If you think someone has faulty logic, you might to try to expose their poor reasoning. You might protest them.

9. Hackneyed POS: Adjective
Definition: used so often as to lack freshness or originality
Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original
My 12th grade teacher was Miss. Hackney. She had an outdated approach to learning, and never did anything new, fresh, or original.

10. Hiatus
POS: Noun
Definition: a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
Split it as HI+AT+US.....if anyone says 'Hi' on the way, we will definitely stop for a while.

11. Innuendo
POS: Noun
Definition: a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
You go for a stay in an INN but U END up washing kitchen utensils...what does it imply? you had no money to pay!!

12. Intercede
POS: Verb
Definition: to plead on behalf of someone else; to save as a third party or go- between in a disagreement
Synonyms: intervene, intermediate
Intercede intervene go-between
Origin: Late 16th century: from French intercéder or Latin intercedere ‘intervene’, from inter- ‘between’ + cedere ‘go.’
BLAME THE FRENCH!!

13. Jaded
POS: Adjective
Definition: wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
jaded sounds like faded.. which means wearied, worn-out, dulled

14. lurid
POS: Adjective
Definition: causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
lurid ~ horrid ; horrid , horrifying .. somewhat the same

15. Meritorious POS: Adjective
Definition: worthy, deserving recognition and praise
This just sounds like a fancy word that is worth and deserving of such a title.

16. Petulant POS: Adjective
Definition: peevish, annoyed by trifles; easily irritated and upset
The pet - u - lent me is getting me irritated

17. Prerogative
POS: Noun
Definition: a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

18. Provincial
Adjective: pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified; backward; of a simple plain design that originated in the countryside
Noun: A person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

19. Simulate
POS: Verb
Definition: to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
SIMULATE and EMULATE which are rhyming words also have similar meanings, i.e to imitate or copy.

20. Transcend POS: Verb Definition: to rise above or beyond; exceed
Synonyms: surpass
T(top) Ran(running race) ascend(exceed), that is topping in running race, overtaking other runners

21. Umbrage
POS: Noun
Definition: shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
It almost looks like umbrella

22. Unctuous POS: Adjective
Definition: excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
Think UN-cute