Unit 1 Vocab (definition)

Question 1

acquisitive

Answer 1

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Question 2

arrogate

Answer 2

(verb) to claim or take without right

Question 3

banal

Answer 3

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Question 4

belabor

Answer 4

(verb) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Question 5

carping

Answer 5

(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
(noun) petty, nagging, criticism

Question 6

coherent

Answer 6

(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Question 7

congeal

Answer 7

(verb) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

Question 8

emulate

Answer 8

(verb) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Question 9

encomium

Answer 9

(noun) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Question 10

eschew

Answer 10

(verb) to avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 11

germane

Answer 11

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Question 12

insatiable

Answer 12

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Question 13

intransigent

Answer 13

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Question 14

invidious

Answer 14

(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Question 15

largesse

Answer 15

(noun) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 16

reconnaissance

Answer 16

(noun) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Question 17

substantiate

Answer 17

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

Question 18

taciturn

Answer 18

(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Question 19

temporize

Answer 19

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

Question 20

tenable

Answer 20

(adj.) capable of being held or defended