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Level G Unit 1
Vocab Unit 1 from Sadir-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop New Edition
Question | Answer |
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Acquisitive | able to retain ideas or info; concerned |
Arrogate | to claim or take w/o right |
Banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
belabor | to ork excessively |
carping | adj-tending to find faultn-petty |
Coherent | sticking together; meaningful |
Congeal | thicken |
emulate | surpassing the model |
encomium | formal expression of praise |
eschew | to avoid |
germane | relevant |
insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
intransigent | refusing to compromise |
invidious | offensive |
largesse | generosiy in giving |
reconnaissance | survey made for military purposes |
substantiate | establish by evidence |
taciturn | habitually silent |
temporize | stall or act evasively |
tenable | capable of being held or defended |