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Unit 1
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 pretty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
| Coherent | Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole |
| Congeal | To change from liquid to solid, thicken |
| Emulate | To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| Encomium | A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| Eschew | To avoid, shun, keep away from |
| Germane | Relevant, appropriate apropos, fitting |
| Insatiable | So great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| Intransigent | Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| Invidious | Offensive, hateful |
| Largesse | Generosity in giving |
| Reconnaissance | A survey made for military purpose |
| Substantiate | To establish by evidence, prove |
| 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 |
| Tenable | Capable of being held or defended |