1. Vocabulary
Level F Unit 1

2. approbation (noun) the expression of approval or favorable opinion,
praise; official
approval
SYN: commendation,
sanction
ANT: disapproval,
condemnation,
censure NT

3. assuage (verb) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet,
calm; to put an end to,
appease, satisfy, quench
SYN: mitigate, alleviate,
slake, allay
ANT: intensify, aggravate,
exacerbate

4. coalition (noun) a combination, union, or merger for some specific
purpose
SYN: alliance, league,
federation, combine
ANT: splinter group

5. decadence (noun) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition
or period of decline or
decay; excessive self-
indulgence
SYN: degeneration,
corruption
ANT: rise, growth,
development,
maturation

6. elicit (verb) to draw forth, bring out from some
source (such as another
person)
SYN: call forth, evoke,
extract, educe
ANT: repress, quash,
squelch, stifle

7. expostulate (verb) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course
or decision by
earnest reasoning
SYN: protest,
remonstrate,
complain

8. hackneyed (adjective) used so often as to lack freshness or
originality
SYN: banal, trite,
commonplace, corny
ANT: new, fresh,
novel, original

9. hiatus (noun) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having
an element missing)
SYN: pause, lacuna
ANT: continuity,
continuation

10. innuendo (noun) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in
a derogatory sense
SYN: insinuation,
intimation
ANT: direct statement

11. intercede (verb) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a
third party or go-
between in a
disagreement
SYN: intervene,
mediate

12. jaded (adjective) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being
satiated by excessive
indulgence)
SYN: sated, surfeited,
cloyed
ANT: unspoiled,
uncloyed

13. lurid (adjective) causing shock, horror, or revulsion;
sensational; pale or sallow
in color; terrible or
passionate in intensity or
lack of restraint
SYN: gruesome, gory, grisly,
baleful, ghastly
ANT: pleasant, attractive,
appealing, wholesome

14. meritorious (adjective) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
SYN: praiseworthy,
laudable,
commendable
ANT: blameworthy,
reprehensible,
discreditable

15. petulant (adjective) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and
upset
SYN: irritable, testy,
waspish
ANT: even-tempered,
placid, serene,
amiable

16. prerogative (noun) special right or privilege; a special quality
showing
excellence
SYN: perquisite,
perk

17. provincial (adjective) pertaining to an outlying area;
local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified
in the sense of being limited and backward;
of a simple and 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
SYN: (adjective) narrow-minded, parochial,
insular, naïve
ANT: (adjective) cosmopolitan, catholic,
broad-minded

18. simulate (verb) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show
the outer signs of
SYN: feign,
pretend, affect

19. transcend (verb) to rise above or beyond, exceed SYN: surpass,
outstrip

20. umbrage (noun) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an
overshadowing influence
or power; offense,
resentment; a vague
suspicion
SYN: irritation, pique,
annoyance
ANT: pleasure, delight,
satisfaction

21. unctuous (adjective) excessively smooth or smug; trying to
hard to give an impression
or earnestness, sincerity,
or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
SYN: mealymouthed,
servile, fawning, greasy
ANT: gruff, blunt