Vocab Workshop Level G- Unit One

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Vocab Workshop Level G- Unit One

acquisitive
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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acquisitive able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
arrogate to claim or take without right
banal hackneyed, trite, commonplace
belabor to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
carping tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
coherent 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 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 so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
intransigent refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
invidious (adj.) 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
substantiate to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
taciturn habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
temporize 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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