SAT Vocabulary (including Sentence Examples) in Progress

SAT vocabulary words with sentence examples (still in progress)

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Approbation
(n) expression of approval, praise: I received smiles of approbation after telling the audience that I myself paid for my piano lessons.
Assuage
(v) to make easier of milder: The letter assuaged the fears of most members.
Coalition
(n) a combination, union: The community organizations formed a coalition to fight for fair parking laws.
Decadence
(n) decline, decay, or deterioration: Most people agree on the cause of the Roman Republic's decadence.
Elicit
(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source: He tried to elicit information from the witness.
Expostulate
(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some corse or decision: I find it useless to expostulate with my parents for turning down my radio.
Hackneyed
(adj) overused, trite: Don't use hackneyed phrases when giving a speech.
Hiatus
(n) a gap, opening, break: There were many hiatuses during the Thirty Years War.
Innuendo
(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference: She is always making sly innuendos.
Intercede
(v) to intervene on behalf of another: She will intercede in the dispute between the two children.
Lurid
(adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; vivid in color to cause unnatural effect: I shuttered at the sight of the lurid food coloring.