Lang Vocab Unit 1

Acquisitive

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Synonyms: greedy, avaricious, retentive

Arrogate

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To claim or take without right

Synonyms: expropriate, commandeer

Banal

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Hackeyed, trite, commonplace

Synonyms: stale, insipid

Belabor

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Synonyms: overwork

Carping

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; Petty, nagging criticism

Synonyms: (adj) nitpicking, caviling

Coherent

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

Congeal

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Synonyms: harden, jell, solidify

Emulate

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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

Encomuim

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy

Eschew

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To avoid, shun, keep away from

Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

Germane

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Synonyms: pertinent

Insatiable

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: So great or demanding as to not be satisfied

Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous

Intransigent

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

Invidious

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

Lergesse

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Synonyms: liberality, bounty

Reconnaissance

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Synonyms: exploration

Substantiate

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Synonyms: confirm, validate, authenticate

Tacitum

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Habitually silent or quiet, inclines to talk very little

Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

Temporize

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Synonyms: dillydally, procrastinate

Tenable

Part of Speech: Adj

Definition: Capable of being held or defended

Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable

bi-

two

com-

together, with

de-

lower, opposite

astr-

star

chron-

time

cosm-

universe, order

-cap-

take

-cede-

happen, yield, go

-cred-

believe