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Unit 1, Level G
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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acquisitive | (adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
arrogate | (v) to claim or take without right |
banal | (adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
belabor | (v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
carping | (adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism |
coherent | (adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
congeal | (v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
emulate | (v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
encomium | (n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
eschew | (v) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
germane | (adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
insatiable | (adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
intransigent | (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
invidious | (adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
largesse | (n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
reconnaissance | (n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
substantiate | (v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
taciturn | (adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
temporize | (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
tenable | (adj) capable of being held or defended |