Vocab Ch 1

Question 0

Arrogate

Answer 0

(V) To clean or take without right
Syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
Ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

Question 1

Acquisitive

Answer 1

(Adj) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
Ant: altruistic, unretentive

Question 2

Banal

Answer 2

(Adj) Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Syn: stale, insipid
Ant: fresh, novel, original, new

Question 3

Belabor

Answer 3

(V) To work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Syn: overwork

Question 4

Carping

Answer 4

(Adj) Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (N) Petty, nagging criticism
Syn: nit-picking, caviling
Ant: approving, uncritical

Question 5

Coherent

Answer 5

(Adj) Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
Ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

Question 6

Congeal

Answer 6

(V) To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
Syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Ant: melt, liquefy

Question 7

Emulate

Answer 7

(V) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Syn: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

Question 8

Encomium

Answer 8

(N) A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism

Question 9

Eschew

Answer 9

(V) to avoid, shun, keep away from
Syn: abstain fro, steer clear of, forgo
Ant: embrace, adopt

Question 10

Germane

Answer 10

(Adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Syn: pertinent
Ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

Question 11

Insatiable

Answer 11

(Adj) So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

Question 12

Intransigent

Answer 12

(Adj) Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

Question 13

Invidious

Answer 13

(Adj) Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
Ant: complementary, flattering, ameliorative

Question 14

Largesse

Answer 14

(N) Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Syn: liberality, munificence, bounty
Ant: stinginess, miserliness, njggardliness

Question 15

Reconnaissance

Answer 15

(N) A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Syn: scouting expedition

Question 16

Substantiate

Answer 16

(V) To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
Ant: refute, disprove, invalidate

Question 17

Taciturn

Answer 17

(Adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
Ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

Question 18

Temporize

Answer 18

(V) To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

Question 19

Tenable

Answer 19

(Adj) Capable of being held or defended
Syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
Ant: indefensible, unjustifiable