Vocabulary: Fall #1

1.)Expository: (Adjective) Intended to explain or describe something.
-Alfredo wrote an expository essay about the experiences he had this summer.
2.)Composition: (Noun) The action of putting things together; formation or construction.
-Before every performance the group has to make sure everything is in composition.
3.)Assuage: (Verb) Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
-The letter assuaged the fears of most members of the group.
4.)Decadence: (Noun) Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in a pleasure or luxury.
-The tall man denounced western decadence.
5.)Hackneyed: (Adjective) (Of a phrase or idea) Lacking significance through having been overused, unoriginal, and trite.
-Yesterday my grandpa said a hackneyed old saying.
6.)Coalition: (Noun) An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government.
-The party was only able to govern in coalition with 3 or even 4 other parties.
7.)Transcend: (Verb) Be or go beyond the range of limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division).
-This was an issue transcending party bodies.
8.)Meritorious: (Adjective) Deserving rewards or praise.
-A medal for meritorious conduct.
9.)Lurid: (Adjective) Very vivid in color, so as to create an unpleasant harsh or unnatural effect.
-Yesterday I wore a pair of lurid shorts.
10.)Petulant: (Adjective) Childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
-He was moody and petulant.