Devesh Patel - [Template] Unit 6 Level E Vocabulary Study

Acqulstive

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

Syn: Greedy, Avaricious, retentive
Ant: Altruistic

arrogate

(v.) to claim or take without right

Syn: Expropriate, commandeer
Ant: Renounce, abdicate, abandon.

banal

(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

syn: stale, insipid
ant: fresh, original, new

belabor

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

Syn: overwork

carping

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

Syn: adj. nit-picking, caviling
Ant: adj. approving, uncritical

cohernet

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

Syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
Ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

congeal

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

Syn: harden, jell, solidify
Ant: Liquefy

emulate

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

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

encomium

n. a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Syn: panegyric, eulogy
Ant: condemnation, castigation, crticuism

eschew

v. to avoid, shun, keep away from

Syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
Ant: embrace, adopt

germane

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Synonyms: pertinent
Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

intransigent

adj. refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

invidious

adj. offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
Ant: flattering, ameliorative

taciturn

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

Syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
Ant: Garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

insatiable

adj. so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Syn: unquenchable, ravenous

largesse

n. generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Syn: Liberality, bounty
Ant: Stinginess, miserliness, niggardiness

reconnaissance

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

Syn: exploration

substantiate

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

Syn: confirm, validate, authenticate
Ant: refute, disprove, invalidate

temporize

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

Syn: dillydally

tenable

(adj.) Capable of being held or defended.
(SYN: defensible, justifiable, maintainable)
(ANT: indefensible, unjustifiable)