Synonyms
banal, trite, commonplace, corny
What is hackneyed?
disapproval, condemnation, censure
What is approbation?
excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable.
What is unctuous?
What is coalition?
call forth, evoke, extract, educe
What is elicit?
direct statement
What is an innuendo?
a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
What is hiatus?
After hearing Mr. Criscuoli talk about it for the last four weeks, I became _____ towards the violence in Macbeth.
What is jaded?
praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
What is meritorious?
pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome
What is lurid?
decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
What is decadence?
Though my parents are from New York, I have spent my entire ______ life here in Howard County.
What is provincial?
feign, pretend, affect
What is simulate?
even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
What is petulant?
to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
What is intercede?
The engineers were able to _____ the restrictions of technology and create a robot that was indistinguishable from a human.
What is transcend?
mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
What is assuage?
pleasure, delight, satisfaction
What is umbrage?
to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning.
What is expostulate?
It is the teacher's ____ to give you a vocabulary quiz based on these words, but it is also the student's ______ to not study and receive a poor grade.
What is prerogative?