Vocabulary Unit G1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| arrogate | (v.) to claim or take without right | expropriate, usurp, commandeer | relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
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| banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace | stale, insipid | fresh, novel, original, new
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| acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property | greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive | altruistic, unretentive
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| belabor | (v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly | overwork |
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| coherent | (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole | comprehensible, meaningful; connected, unified, consistent, cohesive | muddled, chaotic, disjointed
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| carping | (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (n.) petty, nagging criticism | nit-picking, caviling | approving, uncritical
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| congeal | (v.)to change from liquid to solid; thicken; to make inflexible or rigid | harden, jell,coagulate, solidify. | melt, liquefy
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| emulate | (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model | copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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| encomium | (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute | panegyric, euology, commendation | condemnation, castigation, criticism
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| eschew | (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from | abstain from, steer clear of, forgo | embrace, adopt
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| germane | (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting; syn: pertinent | pertinent | irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
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| insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied | unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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| intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable | uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate | lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
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| invidious | (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment | malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative | complimentary, flattering, ameliorative
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| largesse | (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions | liberality, munificence, bounty | stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
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| reconnaissance | (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination | scouting expedition |
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| substantiate | (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to | verify, confirm, validate, authenticate | refute, disprove, invalidate
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| taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little | tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic | garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
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| temporize | (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise | hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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| tenable | (adj.) capable of being held or defended | defensible, justifiable, maintainable | indefensible, unjustifiable
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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