Vocab Unit # 1 – Due Date: _______________
Name: ___________________________ Period: _____
Directions: Using the part of speech and definition, list as many words as you can that you associate with each word, write or draw a clue that
helps you remember each word, and then create an original sentence that uses the word correctly and gives context clues as to its meaning.
Word, part of speech & definition
1. Approbation (n) the
expression of official
approval; praise
2. Assuage (v) to make easier
or milder, relieve; to quiet
or calm; to satisfy
3. Coalition (n) a
combination, union or
merger for some specific
purpose
4. Decadence (n) a decline,
decay or deterioration;
excessive self-indulgence
5. Elicit (v) to draw forth,
bring out from some source
(like another person)
6. Expostulate (v) to attempt
to dissuade someone from
some course or decision
7. Hackneyed (adj) used so
often as to lack freshness or
originality
8.
Hiatus (n) a gap, opening,
break (as in something’s
missing)
9. Innuendo (n) a hint,
indirect suggestion or
reference
10. Intercede (v) to plead on
behalf of someone else; be
a go-between in a
disagreement
Word Association
Clue (symbol or drawing)
Original Sentence
Vocab Unit # 1 – Due Date: _______________
Name: ___________________________ Period: _____
Directions: Using the part of speech and definition, list as many words as you can that you associate with each word, write or draw a clue that
helps you remember each word, and then create an original sentence that uses the word correctly and gives context clues as to its meaning.
11. Jaded (adj) wearied, wornout, dulled, cynical
12. Lurid (adj) causing shock,
horror or revulsion;
sensational
13. Meritorious (adj) worthy,
deserving of recognition
and praise
14. Petulant (adj) peevish,
annoyed by trifles, easily
irritated and upset
15. Prerogative (n) a special
right or privilege
16. Provincial (adj) pertaining
to an outlying area; narrow
in mind or outlook
17. Simulate (v) to make a
pretense of, imitate
18. Transcend (v) to rsie above
– to exceed
19. Umbrage (n) an
overshadowing influence or
power; offense; resentment
20. Unctuous (adj) excessively
smooth or smug; trying too
hard