english ~ vocab workshop unit 1

level g

acquisitive

able to retain info OR concern with wealth, avarice, greed

arrogate

take without right, expropriate, commandeer

banal

hackneyed, commonplace, insipid, trite

belabor

harp on excessively OR thrash soundly

carping

finding fault in nasty way OR nagging criticism, caviling

coherent

sticking together, makes whole, meaningful

congeal

goes from liquid to solid, thicken, makes inflexible

emulate

imitates, trying to equal, mimic, measure

encomium

formal praise, tribute, eulogy, panegyric

eschew

abstain from, forego

germane

relevant, apropros, pertinent

insatiable

unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

intransigent

uncompromising, irreconcilable, obdurate

invidious

offensive/hateful OR causes resentment, pejorative, prejudicial

largesse

giving of lavish/bountiful contributions OR liberality, bounty

reconnaissance

survey for military purposes, preliminary inspection, exploration

substantiate

to give evidence, validate, authenticate

taciturn

quiet, laconic

temporize

stall, equivocate, or compromise

tenable

defensible, justifiable, maintainable