Vocabulary: Fall #1

• Expository: Of the nature of exposition; serving to expound, set forth, or explain. We had to write an expository essay on how to use a smart phone.
• Composition: The act of combining parts or elements to form a whole. Dr. Preston is going to compose what we will learn this school year in his class using the vocabulary words.
• Assuage: To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease. I tried to assuage my friend from her pain.
• Decadence: The act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay. I try connecting what I learn to my daily life so it doesn't become a decadence.
• Hackneyed: Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal. The young mans' poetry had been hackneyed. 
• Coalition: A combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc. My partner and I made a coalition to put the same effort on the huge project we were assigned together.
• Transcend: To rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed. I decided to transcend the amount of effort I usually put in projects and make it the best project ever.
• Meritorious: Deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy. The dog received a gift for his meritorious service.
• Lurid: Gruesome; horrible; revolting. I didn't want to hear the lurid details of how he lost his hand.
• Petulant: Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance. The child grew very petulant when he couldn't reach the chips that were on the top shelf.