Vocabulary Unit 1 AP LIT

Tenable

something that is capable of being held or reliable, defendable, defenseable, maintanable, justifiable

Temporize

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

invidious

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

largesse

generosity in giving; lavisj or bountiful contributions,

reconnaissance

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

acquisitive

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

arrogate

to clain without justification; to clain for oneself without right

caping

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

taciturn

Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

banal

hackeneyed, trite, commonplace, not fresh, stale, laziness, ordinary, over used

belabor

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

eschew

to avoid, shun, keep away from

instransigent

refusing to compromise, irreconciable, uncompromising, unyeilding, stubborn

emulate

to imiate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

germane

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

coherant

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful, consistant, unified, connected, cohesive

encimium

a formal expressuon of praise, a lavish tribute

substantiate

to eshtablish by evidence, prove, confirm, validate, authenticate

insatiable

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied, unquenchable, urge almost

congeal

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