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Level G Unit 1
Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| Synonyms Acquisitive | greedy, avaricious, rententive |
| Antonyms Acquisitive | altruistic |
| Arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| Synonym arrogate | expropriate, commandeer |
| Antonym arrogate | renounce, abdicate, abandon |
| Part of Speech acquisitive | adjective |
| Part of Speech arrogate | verb |
| Banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| Synonyms Banal | stale, insipid |
| Antonyms Banal | fresh, original, new |
| Part of Speech Banal | Adjective |
| Belabor | to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| Synonym Belabor | overwork |
| Part of Speech Belabor | Verb |
| Carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; petty nagging criticism |
| Synonym Carping | nit-picking, caviling |
| Antonym Carping | approving, uncritical |
| Part of Speech Carping | adjective and noun |
| Coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| Synonyms coherent | connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
| Antonyms Coherent | muddles, chaotic, disjointed |
| Part of Speech Coherent | adjective |
| Congeal | to change from a liquid to a solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| Synonyms Congeal | harden, jell, solidify |
| Antonyms Congeal | liquify |
| Part of Speech Congeal | Verb |
| Encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| Synonym encomium | panegyric, eulogy |
| Antonym encomium | condemnation, castigation, criticism |
| Part of Speech Encomium | Noun |
| Eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| Synonyms for Eschew | abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
| Antonyms for Eschew | embrace, adopt |
| Part of Speech Eschew | Verb |
| Germane | relevant, apropos, appropriate, fitting |
| Synonym Germane | pertinent |
| Antonym Germane | irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
| Part of Speech Germane | Adjective |
| Insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| Synonyms for insatiable | unquenchable, ravenous |
| Part of Speech insatiable | adjective |
| Intransigent | refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| Synonyms Intransigent | uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
| Antonyms Intransigent | lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
| Part of Speech Intransigent | adjective |
| Invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| Synonym Invidious | malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative |
| Antonym Invidious | flattering, ameliorative |
| Part of Speech Invidious | adjective |
| Largesse | generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| Synonym Largesse | liberality, bounty |
| Antonym Largesse | stinginess, miserliness |
| Part of Speech Largesse | Noun |
| Reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| Synonym for Reconnaissance | exploration |
| Part of speech Reconnaissance | Noun |
| Substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to |
| Synonym for Substantiate | confirm, validate, authenticate |
| Antonym for Substantiate | refute, disprove, invalidate |
| Part of Speech for Substantiate | Verb |
| Taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| Synonym Taciturn | tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
| Antonym Taciturn | Garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
| Part of Speech Taciturn | adjective |
| Temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| Synonym Temporize | dillydally, procrastinate |
| Part of Speech Temporize | Verb |
| Tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| Synonyms Tenable | defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
| Antonyms tenable | indefensible, maintainable |
| Part of Speech tenable | Adjective |
Created by:
PRO Teacher
Sonja Gutwerk