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Vocab. Lev. G
Unit 1
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring wealth |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite |
| belabor | to work on excessively |
| carping | tending to find fault, or petty nagging criticism |
| 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 |
| eschew | to avoid, shun |
| germane | relevant, appropriate |
| 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 purposes, any inspection |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet |
| temporize | to stall or act evasive in order to gain time or postpone |
| tenable | capable or being held or defended |