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Level G Unit 1
Stadlier Oxford Level G Unit 1
Term | Definition |
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acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas of information |
arrogate | to claim or take without right |
banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
belabor | to work on excessively |
carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty way |
coherent | holding or sticking together |
congeal | to change from liquid to solid, to thicken |
emulate | to imitate |
encomium | a formal expression of praise |
eschew | to avoid, keep away from |
germane | relevant, appropriate |
insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
intransigent | refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
invidious | offensive, hateful |
largesse | generosity in giving |
reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection |
substantiate | to establish by evidence, to prove |
taciturn | habitually silent |
temporize | to stall or act evasively |
tenable | capable of being held or defended |