english vocab
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acquisititive | able to get and retain ideas or information |
| arrogate | to claim or take with out right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, common place |
| belabor | to work on exessively; to thrash soundly |
| carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
| coherent | holding or sticking together , sticking together |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken,; to make inflexable, rigid |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or supassing the model |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tributr, a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | relevant, relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| taciturn | habitually reserved and uncommunicative |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
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