Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Acquisitive

Answer 1

• Adjective
• Able to get and retain ideas or information
• concerned with acquiring wealth or property
• Synonyms: greedy, avaricious, retentive
• antonym: altruistic

Question 2

Arrogate

Answer 2

• Verb
• To claim or take without right
• S: Expropriate, commandeer
• A: Renounce, Abdicate, Abandon

Question 3

Banal

Answer 3

• Adjective
• Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
• S: Stale, insipid
• A: fresh, original, new

Question 4

Belabor

Answer 4

• Verb
• to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
• S: Overwork

Question 5

Carping

Answer 5

• Adjective
  
  • Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way
• Verb
  
  • petty, nagging criticism
• S: nit-picking, Caviling
• A: approving, uncritical

Question 6

Coherent

Answer 6

• Adjective
  
  • holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
• S: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
• A: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

Question 7

Congeal

Answer 7

• Verb
  
  • To change from liquid to solid , thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
• S: Harden, gel, solidify
• A: Liquefy

Question 8

Emulate

Answer 8

• Verb
  
  • To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
• S: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

Question 9

Encomium

Answer 9

• Noun
  
  • A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
• S: Panegyric, eulogy
• A: condemnation, castigation, criticism

Question 10

Eschew

Answer 10

• Verb
  
  • To avoid, shun, keep away from
• S: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
• A: embrace, adopt

Question 11

Germane

Answer 11

• Adjective
  
  • Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
• S: pertinent
• A: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

Question 12

Insatiable

Answer 12

• Adjective
  
  • So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
• S: Unquenchable, ravenous

Question 13

Intransigent

Answer 13

• Adjective
  
  • Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
• S: Uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
• A: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

Question 14

Invidious

Answer 14

• Adjective
  
  • Offensive, hateful; Tending to cause bitterness and resentment
• S: Malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
• A: flattering, ameliorative

Question 15

Largesse

Answer 15

• Noun
  
  • Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
• S: Liberality, bounty
• A: Stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness

Question 16

Reconnaissance

Answer 16

• Noun
  
  • A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
• S: exploration

Question 17

Substantiate

Answer 17

• Verb
  
  • To establish by evidence , prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
• S: Confirm, validate, authenticate
• A: Refute, disprove, invalidate

Question 18

Taciturn

Answer 18

• Adjective
  
  • Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
• S: Tightlipped, uncommunicative, laconic
• A: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

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
• S:Dillydally, procrastinate

Question 20

Tenable

Answer 20

• Adjective
  
  • Capable of being held or defended
• S: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
• A: Indefensible, Unjustifiable