Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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acquisitive

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

Synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
Antonyms: altruistic, unretentive

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arrogate

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(v.) to claim or take without right

Synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

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banal

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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Synonyms: stale, insipid
Antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new

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belabor

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(v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly

Synonym: overwork

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carping

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

Synonyms: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling
Antonyms: (adj.) approving, uncritical

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coherent

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

Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
Antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

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congeal

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

Synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Antonyms: melt, liquify

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emulate

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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

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encomium

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(n.) a formal experience of praise, a lavish tribute

Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism

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eschew

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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from

Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
Antonyms: embrace, adopt

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germane

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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Synonym: pertinent
Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

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insatiable

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

Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

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intransigent

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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

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invidious

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

Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
Antonyms: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

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largesse

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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounty
Antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness

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reconnaissance

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(n.) a survey made for military purpose; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Synonym: scouting expedition

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substantiate

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

Synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate

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taciturn

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

Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
Antonyms: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

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temporize

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

Synonyms: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

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tenable

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(adj.) capable of being held or defended

Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable