Vocab Level G Units 1–7

Acquisitive

Able to retain ideas

concerned with acquiring wealth

Arrogate

To claim or take without right

Banal

Commonplace

overused

Belabor

To overwork or repeat excessively

Carping

Petty

Coherent

Logical

Congeal

To solidify or thicken

Emulate

To imitate or surpass

Encomium

Lavish praise

Eschew

To avoid or shun

Germane

Relevant and appropriate

Insatiable

Impossible to satisfy

Intransigent

Uncompromising

Invidious

Offensive

Largesse

Generosity or contributions

Reconnaissance

A preliminary survey or inspection

Substantiate

To prove with evidence

Taciturn

Silent or quiet

Temporize

To stall to gain time

Tenable

Capable of being defended

Accost

To approach and confront

Animadversion

Strong criticism

Avid

Eager and greedy

Brackish

Salty

Celerity

Swiftness

Devious

Sneaky or indirect

Gambit

Strategic move or sacrifice

Halcyon

Calm and peaceful

Histrionic

Overly dramatic

Incendiary

Causing fires

stirring rebellion

Maelstrom

A violent whirlpool

Myopic

Shortsighted

Overt

Open and observable

Pejorative

Belittling

Propriety

Socially accepted behavior

Sacrilege

Disrespect toward something sacred

Summarily

Quickly

Suppliant

Humbly requesting

Talisman

A magical charm

Undulate

To move in waves

Cavort

To romp or prance around exuberantly

Credence

Belief or mental acceptance

Decry

To condemn or strongly disapprove of

Dissemble

To disguise or conceal

Distraught

Deeply upset or agitated

Eulogy

A formal statement of commendation

high praise

Evince

To display clearly

Exhume

To remove from a grave

to bring to light

Feckless

Lacking in spirit and strength

ineffective

weak

Murky

Dark and gloomy

lacking clarity

Nefarious

Wicked

Piquant

Stimulating to the taste or mind

spicy

pungent

Primordial

Developed or created at the very beginning

Propinquity

Nearness in place or time

kinship

Unwonted

Not usual or expected

not in character

Utopian

Idealistic

impractical

Verbiage

Wordiness

excessive language

Verdant

Green

immature in experience

Viscous

Having a thick