Vocab Chap1

Question 1

Acquisitive

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Arrogate

Answer 2

To claim or take without right. Expropriate

Question 3

Banal

Answer 3

Commonplace. Stale

Question 4

Belabor

Answer 4

To work on excessively. Overwork

Question 5

Carping

Answer 5

Tending to find a fault, especially in a petty nasty or a hairsplitting way. Caviling

Question 6

Coherent

Answer 6

Holding or sticking together; Making a logical whole. Unified

Question 7

Congeal

Answer 7

To change from liquid to solid. Coagulate Solidify

Question 8

Emulate

Answer 8

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model. Copy

Question 9

Encomium

Answer 9

A formal expression of praise. Commendation

Question 10

Eschew

Answer 10

To avoid, keep away from. Abstain from

Question 11

Germane

Answer 11

Relevant, appropriate,fitting. Pertinent

Question 12

Insatiable

Answer 12

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied. Unquenchable

Question 13

Intransigent

Answer 13

Refusing to compromise. Uncompromising

Question 14

Invidious

Answer 14

Offensive, hateful. Malicious

Question 15

Largesse

Answer 15

Generosity in giving. Munificence

Question 16

Ceconaissance

Answer 16

A survey made for military purpose; Any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.

Question 17

Substantiate

Answer 17

To establish by evidence, prove. Verify

Question 18

Taciturn

Answer 18

Habitually silent or quiet. Uncommunicative

Question 19

Temporize

Answer 19

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time. Procrastinate

Question 20

Tenable

Answer 20

Capable of being held or defended. Defensible