vocabulary workshop level g units 1, 2, and 3

acquisitive

greedy, avaricious, retentive

arrogate

expropriate, commandeer

banal

stale, insipid

balabor

overwork

carping

nit-picking, caviling

coherent

connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

congeal

harden, jell, solidify

emulate

imitate, copy, mimic, rival, match

encomium

panegyric, eulogy

eschew

abstain from, steer clear of, forgo, shun

germane

fitting, relevant, pertinent

insatiable

unquenchable, ravenous

intransigent

uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

individious

offensive, malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

largesse

large donation, liberality, bounty, generousity

reconnaissance

exploration

substantiate

confirm, validate, authenticate

temporize

dilly dally, procrastinate

taciturn

tight-lipped, uncommunicative

tenable

defensible, justifiable, maintainable

accost

buttonhole, approach

animadversion

rebuke, reproof

brackish

saline, salty

celerity

promptness, speed

avid

keen, enthusiastic, grasping

devious

roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

gambit

ploy, ruse, maneuver

halcyon

tranquil, placid, palmy

histrionic

affected, stagy

incendiary

inflammatory, provocative, firebrand

maelstrom

chaos, turbulence, tumult

myopic

shortsighted

overt

clear, obvious, manifest, patent

pejorative

complimentary, ameliorative

propiety

fitness, correctness

sacrelige

desecration, profanation, defilement

summarily

promptly, peremptorily

suppliant

asking humbly or earnestly

talisman

amulet, fetish

undulate

fluctuate, rise and fall

cavort

gambol

credence

credit, trust, confidence, belief

decry

denounce, censure, devalue

dissemble

dissimulate, mask, feign

distraught

distracted

eulogy

panegyric, encomium, tribute

evince

exhibit, manifest, occasion

exhume

disinter, unearth, uncover

feckless

feeble

vebiage

prolixity, diction, jargon

verdant

artless, naive

viscous

sticky, thick