vocab 1

Question 1

noun-to retain ideas or information; concerned with obtaining wealth

Answer 1

Acquisition

Question 2

verb- to claim or take without right.

Answer 2

arrogate

Question 3

adj- Commonplace

Answer 3

banal

Question 4

verb- to work on excessively

Answer 4

belabor

Question 5

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

Answer 5

carping

Question 6

adj- making a logical whole; comprehensible

Answer 6

coherent

Question 7

verb -to thicken; to change form liquid to solid

Answer 7

congeal

Question 8

verb- to imitate with the intention of equaling or surpassing

Answer 8

emulate

Question 9

adj- relevant appropriate fitting

Answer 9

germane

Question 10

adj- so great as not to be satisfied

Answer 10

insatiable

Question 11

adj- refusing to compromise

Answer 11

intransigent

Question 12

adj- offensive; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Answer 12

invidious

Question 13

noun- generosity on giving; bountiful contributions

Answer 13

largesse

Question 14

noun- preliminary inspection; survey made for military purposes

Answer 14

reconnaissance

Question 15

verb- establish with evidence; prove

Answer 15

substantiate

Question 16

adj- inclined to talk little

Answer 16

taciturn

Question 17

noun- formal expression of praise; lavish tribute

Answer 17

encomium

Question 18

verb- to avoid or shun

Answer 18

eschew

Question 19

verb- to stall or act evasively in order to gain time

Answer 19

temporize

Question 20

adj- capable of being held or defended.

Answer 20

tenable