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Vocab Level G Unit 1
Sadlier-oxford vocabulary level G unit 1
| Vocab Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and 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 thrash soundly |
| carping | (adj.) tending to find fault,especially in a petty, nasty, or hairspliting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | (v.) to change from a 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 aviod, shun, keep away from |
| germane | (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisified |
| 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 |
| acquisitive | synonym greedy |
| acquisitive synonym | grasping |
| acquisitive synonym | avaricious |
| acquisitive synonym | retentive |
| acquisitive antonym | altruistic |
| acquisitive antonym | unretentive |
| arrogate synonym | expropriate |
| arrogate synonym | usurp |
| arrogate synonym | commandeer |
| arrogate antonym | relinquish |
| arrogate antonym | renounce |
| arrogate antonym | abdicate |
| arrogate antonym | abandon |
| banal synonym | stale |
| banal synonym | insipid |
| carping synonym | caviling |
| encomium synonym | panegyric |
| encomium synonym | eulogy |
| encomium synonym | commendation |
| encomium antonym | castigation |
| insatiable synonym | unquenchable |
| insatiable synonym | ravenous |
| insatiable synonym | voracious |
| intransigent synonym | obdurate |
| insatiable antonym | lukewarm |
| insatiable antonym | half-hearted |
| insatiable antonym | yielding |
| invidious syn | pejorative |
| invidious antonym | ameliorative |
| largesse syn | munificence |
| largesse syn | bounty |
| largesse ant | niggardliness |
| taciturn synonym | laconic |
| taciturn ant | garrulous |
| taciturn ant | loquacious |
| taciturn ant | prolix |
| temporize syn | hedge |
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