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Unit 1
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquisitive | (adj.) Able to get and retain ides 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 a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (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 |