Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Vocabulary Fall #1

Expository:
Setting forth of meaning or intent; Intending to explain.


Composition:
The nature of something's ingredients. The way a whole mixture is made up.

assuage:
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.



decadence:
moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.

hackneyed:

(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
coalition:

an alliance for combined action, esp. a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.


transcend:be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division).

meritorious:
Deserving reward or praise

lurid:

Colorful


petulant:
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

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