vocab set 1

Vocabulary Set 1 from Vocabulary Workshop Achieve: Level G

arrogate

to claim or take without right

banal

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

coherent

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

emulate

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

encomium

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

germane

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

intransigent

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

reconnaissance

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

substantiate

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

temporize

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

acquisitive

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

belabor

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

carping

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

congeal

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

eschew

to avoid, shun, keep away from

insatiable

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

invidious

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

largesse

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

taciturn

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

tenable

capable of being held or defended