Sadlier-Oxford Level G Unit 1
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Created by:
bpanko on November 9, 2008
Subjects:
sadlier-oxford, level g, unit 1
Classes:
Hockaday 2015, Fields 2nd Period, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, The Green Dragons
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| arrogate | (v.) to claim or take without right |
| banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | (v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| carping | (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting; (n.) petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | (v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| emulate | (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| encomium | (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| invidious | (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| reconnaissance | (n.) 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 |
| taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| temporize | (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| tenable | (adj.) capable of being held or defended |
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