Myth Vocab 1

acquisitive

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property. Synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive

arrogate

(v.) to claim or take without right. Synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer

banal

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace. Synonyms: stale, insipid

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-picky, cavilling; (n.) captious

coherent

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

congeal

(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid. Synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

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, commendation

eschew

(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from. Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

germane

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting. Synonym: pertinent

insatiable

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied. Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

intransigent

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable. Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

invidious

(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment. Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

largesse

(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions. Synonyms: liberality, munificence

reconnaissance

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

substantiate

(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to. Synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

taciturn

(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to say very little. Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

temporize

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

tenable

(adj.) capable of being held or defended. Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable