Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

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

Answer 1

acquisitive`

Question 2

to claim or take without right

Answer 2

arrogate

Question 3

hackeneyed, trite, commonplace

Answer 3

banal

Question 4

to work excessively; to thrash soundly

Answer 4

belabor

Question 5

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

Answer 5

carping

Question 6

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

Answer 6

coherent

Question 7

to change from liquid to sold, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

Answer 7

congeal

Question 8

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Answer 8

emulate

Question 9

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Answer 9

encomium

Question 10

to avoid, shun, keep away from

Answer 10

eschew

Question 11

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Answer 11

germane

Question 12

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Answer 12

insatiable

Question 13

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Answer 13

intransigent

Question 14

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness contributions

Answer 14

invidious

Question 15

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

Answer 15

reconnaissance

Question 16

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

Answer 16

substantiate

Question 17

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Answer 17

taciturn

Question 18

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

Answer 18

temporize

Question 19

capable of being helped or defended

Answer 19

tenable

Question 20

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Answer 20

largesse