vocab #1 Flashcards
able to get or retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property (SYN: greedy, avaricious)
acquisitive
to take or claim without right (SYN: commandeer, expropriate)
arrogate
hackneyed, trite, commonplace (SYN: stale, insipid)
banal
to work on excessively, to thrash soundly (SYN: overwork)
belabor
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (SYN: nit-picking, caviling)
carping
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful (SYN: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive)
coherent
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid (SYN: harden, jell, solidify)
congeal
to imitate with the intent of equalling or surpassing the model (SYN: copy, mimic, rival, match)
emulate
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute (SYN: eulogy)
encomium
to avoid, to shun, keep away from (SYN: forgo, abstain from)
eschew
relevant, appropriate, fitting, apropos (SYN: pertinent)
germane
so great or demanding as to not be satisfied (SYN: ravenous, unquenchable)
insatiable
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable (SYN: unyielding, obdurate)
intransigent
offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness or resentment (SYN: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative)
invidious
generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions (SYN: bounty, liberality)
largesse
survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination (SYN: exploration)
reconnaissance
to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to (SYN: confirm, validate, authenticate)
substantiate
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little (SYN: tight-lipped, laconic)
taciturn
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise (SYN: dilly dally, procrastinate)
temporize
capable of being held or defended (SYN: defensible, justifiable, maintainable)
tenable
