Vocabulary Workshop Level F, Unit 1

(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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

(n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

(n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

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

(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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

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

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

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

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

(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

(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

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

(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

(n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

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