Vocab 1

Question 0

Arrogate

Answer 0

To claim or take without right

Question 1

Acquisitive

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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Belabor

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To work on excessively ; to thrash soundly

Question 4

Carping

Answer 4

(Adj) Tending to find fault especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (n) petty nagging criticism

Question 5

Coherent

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

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Congeal

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

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Emulate

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To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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Encomlum

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A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

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Eschew

Answer 9

To avoid, shun, keep away from

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Germane

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Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

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Insatiable

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So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Question 12

Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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Invidious

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Offensive, hateful ; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Question 14

Largesse

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Generosity in giving ; lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 15

Reconnaissance

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

Question 16

Substantiate

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

Question 17

Taciturn

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Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Question 18

Temporize

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

Question 19

Tenable

Answer 19

Capable of being held or defended