Vocab F Unit 1
Published on Mar 15, 2016
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My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of approbation from all the judges at the piano recital.
Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to assuage her hurt feelings.
COALITION
(n) a combination, union or merger for some specific purpose
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The various community organizations formed a coalition to lobby against parking laws.
Some characterized her love of chocolate as decadence because she ate at least two candy bars a day.
My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.
Shakespeare's Hamlet finds it useless to expostulate with his mother for siding with his stepfather.
The Great Gastby tells a universal story without being marred by hackneyed prose.
I was awakened not by a sudden sound but by a hiatus in the din of traffic.
Those lacking the facts or afraid of reprisals often tarnish an enemy's reputation by use of innuendo.
She will intercede in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.
The wilted handclasp and the fast-melting smile mark the jaded refugee from too many parties .
Bright, sensational, and often lurid, some old-time movie posters make today's newspaper ads look tame.
Many years of meritorious service could not dissuade him from feeling that he had not chosen work that he liked.
An overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a petulant child.
prerogative
(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
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She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the prerogative of a veteran employee.
provincial
(adj) local; narrow in outlook; (n) a person with a narrow point of view
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