Quiz I Flashcards
Ambivalent
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about someone or something
Pragmatic
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
Malign
speak about someone in a spiteful or critical manner
Lexicon
The vocabulary of a person, language or branch of knowledge
Genealogy
a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor; the study and tracing of lines of descent
Acquisitive
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Arrogate
to claim or take without right
Banal
trite, commonplace
Belabor
to work on excessively
Carping
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty way; petty, nagging criticism
Coherent
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Congeal
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
Emulate
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Eschew
to avoid, shun, keep away from
Germane
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
