Unit 1 - Vocabulary Workshop Level G (copy)

acquisitive

Definitions:

• able to get and retain ideas or information (adj.)

• concerned with acquiring wealth or property (adj.)

Synonyms:

• greedy, avaricious, retentive

arrogate

Definition:

• to claim or take without right (v.)

Synonyms:

• expropriate, usurp, commandeer

banal

Definition:

• hackneyed, trite, commonplace (adj.)

• (Lacking in originality)

Synonyms:

• stale, insipid

belabor

Definitions:

• to work on excessively (v.)

• to thrash soundly (v.)

Synonym:

• overwork

carping

Definitions:

• tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (adj.)

• petty, nagging criticism (n.)

Synonyms:

• nit-picking, caviling

coherent

Definitions:

• holding or sticking together (adj.)

• making a logical whole (adj.)

• comprehensible, meaningful (adj.)

Synonyms:

• connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

congeal

Definitions:

• to change from liquid to solid, thicken (v.)

• to make inflexible or rigid (v.)

Synonyms:

• harden, jell, solidify

emulate

Definition:

• to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model (v.)

Synonyms

• copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

encomium

Definition:

• a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute (n.)

Synonyms:

• panegyric, eulogy, commendation

eschew

Definition:

• to avoid, shun, heel away from (v.)

Synonyms:

• abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

germane

Definition:

• relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting (adj.)

Synonym:

• pertinent

insatiable

Definition:

• so great or demanding as not to be satisfied (adj.)

Synonyms:

• unquenchable, ravenous, vocarcious

intransigent

Definition:

• refusing to compromise, irreconcilable (adj.)

Synonyms:

• uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

invidious

Definitions:

• offensive, hateful (adj.)

• tending to cause bitterness and resentment (adj.)

Synonyms:

• malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

largesse

Definitions:

• generosity in giving (n.)

• lavish or bountiful contributions (n.)

Synonyms:

• liberality, munificence, bounty

reconnaissance

Definitions:

• a survey made for military purposes (n.)

• any kind of preliminary inspection or examination (n.)

Synonym:

• scouting, expedition

substantiate

Definitions:

• to establish by evidence, prove (v.)

• to give concrete or substantial form to (v.)

Synonyms:

• Verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

taciturn

Definition:

• habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little (adj.)

Synonyms:

• tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

temporize

Definitions:

• to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision (v.)

• to compromise (v.)

Synonyms:

• hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

tenable

Definition:

• capable of being held or defended (adj.)

Synonyms:

• defensible, justifiable, maintainable