English Unit 1 Vocab

to make easier or milder; relieve; calm

a combination, union

decline, decay, or deterioration

to draw forth, bring out from some source

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

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

a gap, opening, break

a hint, indirect suggestion

to plead on behalf of someone else, go between in a disagreement

wearied, wornout, dulled

causing shock, horror, or revulsion

worthy, deserving recognition and praise

peevish, easily irritated and upset

a special right or privilege

pertaining to an outlying area, of a simple design that originated in the countryside; noun: a person with a narrow point of view

imitate

to rise above or beyond, exceed

an overshadowing influence or power, resentment

excessively smooth or smug