Vocab 1-2

the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

commendation, sanction

disapproval, condemnation, censure

to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay

intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

a combination, union or merger for some specific purpose

alliance, league, federation, combine

splinter group

decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive slef-indulgence

degeneration, corruption

rise, growth, development, maturation

to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

call forth, evoke, extract, educe

repress, quash, squelch, stifle

to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

protest, remonstrate, complain

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

banal, trite, commonplace, corny

new, fresh, novel, original

a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

pause, lacuna

continuity, continuation

a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

insinuation, intimation

direct statement

to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

intervene, mediate

wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by exsessive indulgence)

sated, surfeited, cloyed

unspoiled, uncloyed

causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pal or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack or restraint

gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

irritable, testy, waspish

even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

perquisite, perk

• pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside;
• a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

feign, pretend, affect

to rise above or beyond, exceed

surpass, outstrip

shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowin influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

irriation, pique, annoyance

pleasure, delight, satisfaction

excessively smooth or snug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy

gruff, blunt

to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

amend, better

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

compisure, self-possession, levelheadedness

confusion, embarrassment, abashment

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious

unadorned, simple, plain, austere

withour experioence; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

green, raw, unfledged, ineperienced

mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

• saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
• to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot; slaver

a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

abstact, digest, model, archetype

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

entreat, implore, adjure

discourage, advise against, deprecate

by virture of holding a certain office

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

encroach, impinge, intrude, poach

stay in bounds

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

cozy up to, curry favor with

alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

one who movies in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; orinating in a bodily organ or part

immanent, organic

extrensic, external, outward

to make violentattack in words, express strong disapproval

rail, harague, fulminate, remonstrate

acclaim, glorify, extol

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace

doomsday, day of judgement

• mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
• to hide, conceal; eclipse
• matters involving the supernatural

supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane

mundane, common public, exorteric

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

• to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to
• characterized by excessive haste
• moisture; the product of an action or progress

provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous

wary, cautious, circumspect

strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or somelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative

lenient, mild, lax, permissive

• to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
• likely idea that lacks definite proof

infer, gather, inference, presumption