Unit 1

Question 1

encomium

Answer 1

a formal expression of praise

Question 2

acquisitive

Answer 2

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Question 3

coherent

Answer 3

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Question 3

eschew

Answer 3

to avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 5

banal

Answer 5

hackneyed, trite, commonplace (boring)

Question 6

arrogate

Answer 6

to claim or take without right

Question 7

emulate

Answer 7

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Question 8

congeal

Answer 8

to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid

Question 9

belabor

Answer 9

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Question 10

excoriation

Answer 10

a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin

Question 11

substantiate

Answer 11

to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form

Question 12

largesse

Answer 12

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 13

carping

Answer 13

tending to find fault, especially in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

Question 14

tenable

Answer 14

capable of being held or defended

Question 15

temporize

Answer 15

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

Question 16

insatiable

Answer 16

so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied

Question 17

reconnaissance

Answer 17

a survey made for military purposes

Question 18

taciturn

Answer 18

habitually silent or quiet

Question 19

germane

Answer 19

relevant, appropriate, apropos

Question 20

ramify

Answer 20

to divide and spread out like branches

Question 21

invidious

Answer 21

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Question 22

intransigent

Answer 22

refusing to compromise