English 3 Vocab - Unit 1

Unit one vocabulary.

19 cards   |   Total Attempts: 183
  

Cards In This Set

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To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a 3rd party or go-between.
Intercede
Praise; expression of approval
Approbation
A hint; indirect suggestion
Innuendo
A union; combination
Coalition
To draw forth; bring out
Elicit
A gap; opening; break
Hiatus
Satisfy; quench; calm, appease
Assuage
Decline; decay; deterioration
Decadence
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning.
Expostulate
Immitate
Simulate
Worn out; spoiled; cloyed; dulled
Jaded
Offense; resentment
Umbrage
A special right or privilege
Prerogative
Causing shock, horro, revulsion.
Lurid
Peevish, annoyed, easily irritated
Petulant