Parts of Speech
A noun meaning "approval."
What is approbation?
Make easier or to relieve.
What is "assuage"?
Banal, commonplace.
What is "hackneyed"?
Disapproval, censure.
What is "approbation"?
At first a_______may do well in the city using charm alone, but charm, like novelty, wears thin.
What is "provincial"?
Verb meaning "to pretend."
What is "simulate"?
What is "provincial"?
Alliance, league, federation, union.
What is "coalition"?
Repress, squelch, stifle.
What is "elicit"?
The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being marred by_______prose.
What is "hackneyed"?
Adjective meaning "causing shock or horror," "sallow in color."
What is lurid?
Shade from trees; offense, vague suspicion.
What is "umbrage"?
Servile, greasy, fawning.
What is "unctuous"?
Continuation.
What is "hiatus"?
An over-worked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a_______child.
What is "petulant"?
Adjective and noun meaning "countrified" and "person from an outlying area" respectively.
What is "provincial"?
Peevish, easily irritated.
What is "petulant"?
Degeneration, corruption.
What is "decadence"?
Pleasure, delight, satisfaction.
What is "umbrage"?
Hamlet finds it useless to_______with his mother for siding with his stepfather.
What is "expostulate"?
Verb meaning attempting earnestly to talk someone out of doing something.
What is expostulate?
Plead on behalf of someone, serve as a go-between.
What is "intercede"?
Sated, surfeited.
What is "jaded"?
Blameworthy, reprehensible.
What is "meritorious"?
Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to_______her hurt feelings.
What is "assuage"?