Vocab List 2

Question 1

Acquisitive (adj.)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Arrogate (v.)

Answer 2

To claim or take without right

Question 3

Banal (adj.)

Answer 3

Hackneyed, trite, commonplace, worn out, too common

Question 4

Belabor (v.)

Answer 4

To work on excessively, to thrash soundly

Question 5

Carping (adj.) and (n.)

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Coherent (adj.)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Congeal (v.)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Emulate (v.)

Answer 8

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Question 9

Encomium (n.)

Answer 9

A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Question 10

Eschew (v.)

Answer 10

To avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 11

Germane (adj.)

Answer 11

Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Question 12

Insatiable (adj.)

Answer 12

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Question 13

Intransigent ( adj.)

Answer 13

Refusing to compromise; irreconcilable

Question 14

Invidious (adj.)

Answer 14

Offensive, hateful; trending to cause bitterness and resentment

Question 15

Largesse (n.)

Answer 15

Generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 16

Reconnaissance (n.)

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Substantiate (v.)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Tacitum (adj.)

Answer 18

Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Question 19

Temporize (v.)

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Tenable (adj.)

Answer 20

Capable of being held or defended