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Vocab. Lev. G
Unit 1
WORD | DEFINITION |
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acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring wealth |
arrogate | to claim or take without right |
banal | hackneyed, trite |
belabor | to work on excessively |
carping | tending to find fault, or petty nagging criticism |
coherent | holding or sticking together, making a logical whole |
congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken |
emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
encomium | a formal expression of praise |
eschew | to avoid, shun |
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 inspection |
substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove |
taciturn | habitually silent or quiet |
temporize | to stall or act evasive in order to gain time or postpone |
tenable | capable or being held or defended |