A LONG WAY GONE Vocabulary

HIATUS

! An interruption in the intensity or amount of something

INNUENDO

! An indirect and usually a sexual implication

JADED

! Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically having too much of something

LURID

! Causing horror or revulsion; gruesome

MERITORIOUS

! deserving reward or praise

PETULANT

! easily irritated or annoyed

PREROGATIVE

! a right reserved exclusively by a person or group

TRANSCEND

! go beyond the scope or limits of

APPROBATION

! official approval

COALITION

! the union of diverse things into one body or form or group

DECADENCE

! Moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury

EXPOSTULATE

! Express strong disapproval or disagreement

HACKNEYED

! repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse