Level G vocab unit 1

acquisitive

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information

acquisitive

(Adj.)concerned with acquiring wealth or property

arrogate

(v.) to claim or take without right

banal

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

belabor

(v.) to work on excessively

belabor

(.v)to thrash soundly

carping

(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting

carping

(n.) petty, nagging criticism

coherent

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

coherent

(adj.)comprehensible, meaningful

congeal

(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken

congeal

(v.) to make inflexible or rigid

emulate

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

encomium

(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

eschew

(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from

germane

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

insatiable

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

intransigent

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

invidious

(adj.) offensive, hateful

Invidious

(Adj.)tending to cause bitterness and resentment

largesse

(n.) generosity in giving

largess

(n.) lavish or bountiful contributions

reconnaissance

(n.) a survey made for military purposes

reconnaissance

(n.)any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

substantiate

(v.) to establish by evidence, prove

Substantiate

(v.)to give concrete or substantial form to

taciturn

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

temporize

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

temporize

(v.)to compromise

tenable

(adj.) capable of being held or defended