FREE STADLIER OXFORD VOCA AND STUDY GAMES

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FREE STADLIER OXFORD VOCA AND STUDY GAMES

ABOUT SO - LEVEL F, UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: prerogative

Answer:

• a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Question 2: provincial

Answer:

adj. pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside

Question 3: assuage

Answer:

• to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Question 4: intercede

Answer:

• to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

Question 5: umbrage

Answer:

• shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment;

a vague suspicion

Question 6: coalition

Answer:

• a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Question 7: unctuous

Answer:

adj. excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

Question 8: decadence

Answer:

• decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Question 9: approbation

Answer:

• the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Question 10: transcend

Answer:

• to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 11: elicit

Answer:

• to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Question 12: lurid

Answer:

adj. causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

Question 13: simulate

Answer:

• to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

Question 14: hiatus

Answer:

• a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Question 15: petulant

Answer:

adj. peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Question 16: hackneyed

Answer:

adj. used so often a to lack freshness or originality

Question 17: jaded

Answer:

adj. wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Question 18: meritorious

Answer:

adj. worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 19: innuendo

Answer:

• a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Question 20: expostulate

Answer:

• to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reason