Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 1 Flashcards

Includes definitions, synonyms

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

acquisitive

greedy, avaricious, retentive

acquisitive synonyms

to claim or take without right

arrogate

expropriate, commandeer

arrogate synonyms

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

banal

stale, insipid

banal synonyms

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

belabor

overwork

belabor synonyms

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; petting, nagging criticism

carping

nit-picking, caviling

carping synonyms 

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole, comprehensible, meaningful

coherent

connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

coherent synonyms

to change from liquid to solid, thickin; to make inflexible or rigid

congeal

harden, jell, solidify

congeal synonyms

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

emulate

copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

emulate synonyms

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

encomium

panegyric, eulogy

encomium synonyms

to avoid, shun, keep away from

eschew

abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

eschew synonyms

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

germane

pertinent

germane synonyms

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

insatiable

unquenchable, ravenous

insatiable synonyms

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

intransigent

uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

intransigent synonyms

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

invidious

malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

invidious synonyms

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

largesse

liberality, bounty

largesse synonyms

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

reconnaissance

exploration

reconnaissance synonyms 

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

substantiate

confirm, validate, authenticate

substantiate synonyms

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

taciturn

tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

taciturn synonyms

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

temporize

dillydally, procrastinate

temporize synonyms

capable of being held or defended

tenable

defensible, justifiable, maintainable

tenable synonyms