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Bulldogs 12
Vocabulary Unit G1
Word | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
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arrogate | (v.) to claim or take without right | expropriate, usurp, commandeer | relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace | stale, insipid | fresh, novel, original, new |
acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property | greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive | altruistic, unretentive |
belabor | (v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly | overwork | |
coherent | (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole | comprehensible, meaningful; connected, unified, consistent, cohesive | muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
carping | (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (n.) petty, nagging criticism | nit-picking, caviling | approving, uncritical |
congeal | (v.)to change from liquid to solid; thicken; to make inflexible or rigid | harden, jell,coagulate, solidify. | melt, liquefy |
emulate | (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model | copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to | |
encomium | (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute | panegyric, euology, commendation | condemnation, castigation, criticism |
eschew | (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from | abstain from, steer clear of, forgo | embrace, adopt |
germane | (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting; syn: pertinent | pertinent | irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied | unquenchable, ravenous, voracious | |
intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable | uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate | lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
invidious | (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment | malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative | complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
largesse | (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions | liberality, munificence, bounty | stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
reconnaissance | (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination | scouting expedition | |
substantiate | (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to | verify, confirm, validate, authenticate | refute, disprove, invalidate |
taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little | tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic | garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
temporize | (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise | hedge, dillydally, procrastinate | |
tenable | (adj.) capable of being held or defended | defensible, justifiable, maintainable | indefensible, unjustifiable |