approbation
the expression of approval of favorable opinion, praise; official approval
assuage
to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm, to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
decadence
decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
expostulate
to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
intercede
to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
jaded
wearied, word-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
lurid
causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
provincial
pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in a sense of being limited or backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside. A person with a narrow point of view.
umbrage
shade cast by trees foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague superstition
unctuous
excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression or earnestness, sincerity or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
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Autor: jennifer.berry
Oberthema: English
Thema: Vocabulary
Schule / Uni: KHS
Veröffentlicht: 12.06.2015
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