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V LG U1
Vocab Level G Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| acquisitive | syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive |
| acquisitive | ant: altruistic, retentive |
| arrogate | (v.) to claim or take without right |
| arrogate | syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer |
| arrogate | ant: relinquish, renounce; abdicate, abandon |
| banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| banal | syn: stale, insipid |
| banal | ant: fresh, novel, original, new |
| belabor | (v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| belabor | syn: overwork |
| carping | (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging, criticism |
| carping | syn: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling |
| carping | ant: (adj.) approving, uncritical |
| coherent | (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| coherent | syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
| coherent | ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
| congeal | (v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| congeal | syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
| congeal | melt, liquify |
| emulate | (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| emulate | syn: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
| encomium | (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| encomium | syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation |
| encomium | ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
| eschew | (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| eschew | syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
| eschew | ant: embrace, adopt |
| germane | (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| germane | syn: pertinent |
| germane | ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
| insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| insatiable | syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
| intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| intransigent | syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
| intransigent | ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
| invidious | (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| invidious | syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative |
| invidious | ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
| reconnaissance | (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| reconnaissance | syn: scouting expedition |
| substantiate | (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
| substantiate | syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate |
| substantiate | ant: refute, disprove, invalidate |
| taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| taciturn | syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
| taciturn | ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
| temporize | (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| temporize | syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
| tenable | (adj.) capable of being held or defended |
| tenable | syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
| tenable | ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
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