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English IV
Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acquisitive- | (Adj.) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth and property |
| Arrogate- | (V.) To claim or take without right |
| Banal- | (Adj.) Commonplace; trite; used many times |
| Belabor- | (V.) To work excessively |
| Carping- | (Adj.) Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (N.) Petty, nagging criticism |
| Coherent- | (Adj.) Holding or sticking together; understandable |
| Congeal- | (V.) To change from liquid to solid; thicken |
| Emulate- | (V.) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| Encomium- | (N.) A lavish tribute; a praise |
| Eschew- | (V.) To avoid; to shun; to keep away from |
| Germane- | (Adj.) Relevant; appropriate |
| Insatiable- | (Adj.) Great a demanding as not to be satisfied |
| Intransigent- | (Adj.) Refuse to compromise |
| Invidious- | (Adj.) Offensive; hurtful |
| Largesse- | (N.) Generosity in giving; bountiful contributions |
| Reconnaissance- | (N.) A survey made for military purpose; preliminary inspection or examination |
| Substantiate- | (V.) To prove; to establish by evidence |
| Taciturn- | (Adj.) Quiet; doesn't talk much |
| Temporize- | (V.) To act evasively in order to gain time; avoid a confrontation; to compromise |
| Tenable- | (Adj.) Able to be held or defended |
| Joe's _________ hunger causes him to eat more food. | insatiable |
| Freezing _________ water into a ice cube. | congeals |
| In order to ________sleeping late every day, Carmicheal decides to finish his homework early. | Eschew |
| A ________ student doesn't like to talk in a group. | Taciturn |
| When the war is almost over, the _________ country refuses to make a treaty with the winning country. | intransigent |
| In order to convince the jury that his client is not guilty, the lawyer _________ his case with evidence. | substantiates |
| One of the reasons that John ________ on his job is because he wants to get a higher wage. | belabors |
| People are angry at their mayor because he _______ their lands without consent. | arrogates |
| A ________ teacher helps his students understand Economics by drawing pictures and relating to real-life experience. | coherent |
| It wouldn't hurt to give a ________ to the church for donation. | largesse |
| Instead of doing his project early, Louis _______ his time and waited until the last minute. | temporizes |
| Everyone learns that Adolf Hitler is _______ because he used inhumane methods to kill the Jews during the Holocaust. | invidious |
| Without any descriptive sentences or excellent iamgery, the book is just ___________ that bores readers. | banal |
| The _________ millionaire keeps the money to himself instead of spending some or donating them to charity. | acquisitive |
| The teacher doesn't tolerate __________ players, who complains about more homework. | Carping |
| Despite invidious __________ from other party, the President ignores them and continues with his business. | Carping |
| The soldiers' base is ___________ because it is located in the mountain range and surrounded by forests. | tenable |
| A speaker praised the veterans who fought in World War II in his __________. | encomium |
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