unit 1 vocab

substantial form

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

Excoriation

a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin

carping

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

invidious

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Acquisitive

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

Largesse

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.

encomium

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

coherent

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

belabor

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

eschew

to avoid, shun, keep away from

emulate

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

arrogate

to claim or take without right

banal

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

congeal

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

temporize

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

tenable

capable of being held or defneded

insatiable

so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied

reconnaissance

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

germane

relevant, appropriate, apropos

ramify

to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions

intransigent

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

taciturn

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little