Vocab Unit 1 Level G

acquisitive

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

arrogate

to claim or take without right

banal

hackneyed, trite, commonplace; boring, ordinary, unoriginal, or stale from overuse

belabor

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

carping

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism

coherent

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

congeal

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

emulate

to imitate with the intent of aqualing or surpassing the model

encomium

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

eschew

to avoid, shun, keep away from

germane

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

insatiable

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

intransigent

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

invidious

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

largesse

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

reconnaissance

a survey made for military purposes; any kind of prelimiary inspection or examination

substantiate

to establish by evidence, to prove; to give concrete or substantial

temporize

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpose a decision; to compromise

tenable

capable of being help or defended

taciturn

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

acquisitive syn

greedy, avaricious, retentive

arrogate syn

expropriate, commandeer

banal syn

stale, insipid

belabor syn

overwork

carping syn

(adj.) nit-picking, caviling

coherent syn

connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

congeal syn

harden, jell, solidify

emulate syn

copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

encomium syn

panegyric, eulogy

eschew syn

abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

germane syn

pertinent

insatiable syn

unquechable, ravenous

intransigent syn

uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

invidious syn

malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

largesse syn

liberality, bounty

reconnaissance syn

exploration

substantiate syn

confirm, validate, authenticate

taciturn syn

tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

temporize syn

dillydally, procrastinate

tenable syn

defensible, justifiable, maintainable

acquisitive antm

altruistic

arrogate antm

renounce, abdicate, abandon

banal antm

fresh, original, new

belabor antm

none

carping antm

(adj.) approving, uncritical

coherent antm

muddled, chaotic, disjointed

congeal antm

liquefy

emulate antm

none

encomium antm

condemnation, castigation, criticism

eschew antm

embrace, adopt

germane antm

irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

insatiable antm

none

intransigent antm

lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding 

invidious antm

flattering, ameliorative

largesse antm

stinginess, miserliness, niggarliness

reconnaissance antm

none

substantiate antm

refute, disprove, invalidate

taciturn antm

garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

temporize antm

none

tenable antm

indefensible, unjustifiable