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Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or info; concerned with wealth or property - Synonyms: greedy, retentive, avaricious |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right - Synonyms: commandeer, expropriate |
| banal | commonplace; hackneyed; trite; everyday - Synonyms: stale, insipid |
| belabor | to work on excessively; to thrash soundly - Synonym: overwork |
| carping | petty or nasty criticism; nagging; tending to find fault - Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; meaningful - Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid - Synonyms: harden, jell, solidify |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the original - Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute - Synonyms: eulogy, panegyric |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from - Synonyms:abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting - Synonyms: pertinent |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied - Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous |