Level G Unit 1 Vocabulary: Word List & Interactive Quizlet Study Guide
Word List
- acquisitive
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property - germane
(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting - arrogate
(v.) to claim or take without right - insatiable
(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied - banal
(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace - intransigent
(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable - belabor
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly - invidious
(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment - carping
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism - largesse
(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions - coherent
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful - reconnaissance
(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination - congeal
(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid - substantiate
(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to - emulate
(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model - taciturn
(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little - encomium
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute - temporize
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise - eschew
(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from - tenable
(adj.) capable of being held or defended
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