Monday, August 27, 2012

Vocabulary Fall List #2:

1) Intercede:  Intervene, Interrupt
2) Hackneyed:  Lacking significance, overuse
3) Approbation:  Approval, Praise
4) Innuendo:  A hint
5) Coalition:  Alliance
6) Elicit:  Extract
7) Hiatus:  Gap, Series
8) Assuage:  Soothe
9) Decadence:  Decline, Decay
10) Expostulate:  Protest
11) Simulate:  Imitate, Fake
12) Jaded:  Tired, Bored
13) Umbrage:  Offense, Annoyance
14) Prerogative:  Privilege
15) Lurid:  Very vivid
16) Transcend:  Exceed, Surpass
17) Provincial:  Concerning a province of a country
18) Petulant:  Testy, Irritable
19) Unctuous:  Oily, Greasy
20) Meritorious:  Deserving, Creditable


1) I intercede my mother when she talks.
2) That word is hackneyed to me now.
3) I have to wait for my mothers approbation.
4) My teacher gave me and innuendo for the quiz.
5) Both teams formed a coalition.
6) We need to elicit the clean dishes from the dishwasher
7) There is a hiatus of that television show.
8) My grandmas voice assuages me.
9) The old building is starting to decadence.
10) The laid off workers begin to expostulate.
11) That the little girl simulates her mother.
12) The students looked very jaded.
13) Some take umbrage to that joke.
14) My parents say my phone is a prerogative.
15) I had a lurid dream last night.
16) I transcended my goals.
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18) My mom is very petulant today.
19) Fast food is unctuous.
20) That research paper is meritorious.



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