Sadlier Vocab Level G Unit 1

acquisitive

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

SYNONYMS: greedy, avaricious, retentive

ANTONYMS: altruistic

arrogate

(v.) to claim or take without right

SYNONYMS: expropriate, commandeer

ANTONYMS: renounce, abdicate, abandon

banal

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

SYNONYMS: stale, insipid

ANTONYMS: fresh, original, new

belabor

(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

SYNONYM: overwork

carping

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

(n.) petty, nagging criticism

SYNONYMS: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling

ANTONYMS: (adj.) approving, uncritical

coherent

(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

SYNONYMS: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

ANTONYMS: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

congeal

(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

SYNONYMS: harden, jell, solidify

ANTONYMS: liquefy

emulate

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

SYNONYMS: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

encomium

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

SYNONYMS: panegyric, eulogy

ANTONYMS: condemnation, castigation, criticism

eschew

(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from

SYNONYMS: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

ANTONYMS: embrace, adopt

germane

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

SYNONYM: pertinent

ANTONYMS: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

insatiable

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

SYNONYMS: unquenchable, ravenous

intransigent

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

SYNONYMS: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
ANTONYMS: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

invidious

(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

SYNONYMS: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

ANTONYMS: flattering, ameliorative

largesse

(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

SYNONYMS: liberality, bounty

ANTONYMS: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness

reconnaissance

(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

SYNONYM: exploration

substantiate

(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

SYNONYMS: confirm, validate, authenticate

ANTONYMS: refute, disprove, invalidate

taciturn

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

SYNONYMS: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

ANTONYMS: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

temporize

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

SYNONYMS: dillydally, procrastinate

tenable

(adj.) capable of being held or defended

SYNONYMS: defensible, justifiable, maintainable

ANTONYMS: indefensible, unjustifiable