Expo Vocabulary Unit 1

Acquisitive (adj)

able to get and retain ideas or information

Arrogate (v)

To claims or take without right

Banal (adj)

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Belabor (v)

To work on excessively

Carping (adj)

Tending to find fault

Coherent (adj)

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

Congeal (v)

To change from liquid to solid, thicken

Emulate (v)

To imitate with the intent of equaling or suppressing the model

Encomium (n)

A formal expression of praise, lavish tribute

Eschew (v)

To avoid, shun, keep away from

Germane (adj)

Relevant, appropriate

Insatiable (adj)

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Intransigent (adj)

Refusing to compromise

Invidious (adj)

Offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness

Largesse (n)

Generosity in giving, lavish contribution

Reconnaissance (n)

A survey made for military purposes

Substantiate (v)

To establish by evidence, prove

Taciturn (adj)

Habitually silent or quiet

Temporize (v)

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time

Tenable (adj)

Capable of being held or defended