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