BRUNETTI REG VOCAB UNIT 1-10
TERMINOLOGIES { LATEST UPDATE }
approbation - ✔✔approval or praise
assuage - ✔✔to less unpleasantness
coalition - ✔✔an alliance of factions
decadence - ✔✔decay
elicit - ✔✔to draw forth
expostulate - ✔✔express strong disapproval or disagreement
hackneyed - ✔✔overused, cliched
hiatus - ✔✔a gap, opening, break
innuendo - ✔✔a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
intercede - ✔✔to plead on behalf of someone else
jaded - ✔✔worn out
, lurid - ✔✔causing shock or horror
meritorious - ✔✔deserving reward or praise
petulant - ✔✔Irritable or short-tempered
prerogative - ✔✔a special right or privilege
provincial - ✔✔narrow-minded
simulate - ✔✔to imitate
transcend - ✔✔to go beyond
umbrage - ✔✔offense; resentment
unctous - ✔✔exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
ameliorate - ✔✔to improve, make better, correct a flaw or
shortcoming
aplomb - ✔✔poise, assurance, great self-confidence
bombastic - ✔✔pompous; using inflated language
callow - ✔✔immature
drivel - ✔✔nonsense
epitome - ✔✔The best or most typical example
TERMINOLOGIES { LATEST UPDATE }
approbation - ✔✔approval or praise
assuage - ✔✔to less unpleasantness
coalition - ✔✔an alliance of factions
decadence - ✔✔decay
elicit - ✔✔to draw forth
expostulate - ✔✔express strong disapproval or disagreement
hackneyed - ✔✔overused, cliched
hiatus - ✔✔a gap, opening, break
innuendo - ✔✔a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
intercede - ✔✔to plead on behalf of someone else
jaded - ✔✔worn out
, lurid - ✔✔causing shock or horror
meritorious - ✔✔deserving reward or praise
petulant - ✔✔Irritable or short-tempered
prerogative - ✔✔a special right or privilege
provincial - ✔✔narrow-minded
simulate - ✔✔to imitate
transcend - ✔✔to go beyond
umbrage - ✔✔offense; resentment
unctous - ✔✔exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
ameliorate - ✔✔to improve, make better, correct a flaw or
shortcoming
aplomb - ✔✔poise, assurance, great self-confidence
bombastic - ✔✔pompous; using inflated language
callow - ✔✔immature
drivel - ✔✔nonsense
epitome - ✔✔The best or most typical example
