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Sadlier G unit 1
Sadlier Level G Unit 1-3 Walker
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acquisitive (adj) | able to get or 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 trash soundly |
| carping (adj. & n) | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; nagging criticism |
| coherent (adj) | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal (v) | to change from a liquid to a 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 of 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 contribution |
| 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, postpone a decision; to compromise |
| tenable (adj) | capable of being held or defended |
| accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| gambit | in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
| halcyon | a legendary bird identified with the |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately set fires, arsonist |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation |
| overt | open; not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or criticism |
| propriety | the state of being proper; standards of what is appropriate or socially acceptable |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly or earnestly |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet |
| undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
| cavort | to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
| credence | belief, mental acceptance |
| decry | to condemn, express strong disapproval, to officially depreciate |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal, deliberately giving a false impression |
| distraught | very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
| eulogy | a formal statement or commendation; high praise |
| evince | to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
| exhume | to remove from a grave; to bring to light |
| feckless | lacking in spirit and strength; weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
| murky | dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
| primordial | developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time; kinship |
| substantive | real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic |
| unwonted | not usual or expected, not in character |
| utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
| verbiage | language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness |
| verdant | green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement |
| viscous | have a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fludity |
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