vocab unit 1 Flashcards
acquisitive
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
s: greedy, avaricious, retentive
a: altruistic
arrogate
(v.) to claim or take without right
s: expropriate, commandeer
a: renounce, abdicate, abandon
banal
(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
s: stale, insipid
a: fresh, original, new
belabor
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
s: overwork
carping
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
(n.) petty, nagging criticism
s: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling
a: (adj.) approving, uncritical
coherent
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a local whole; comprehensible, meaningful
s: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
a: muddled, chaotic, disjointed
congeal
(v.) to change from liquid to solid; thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
s: harden, jell, solidify
a: liquefy
emulate
(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
s: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
encomium
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
s: panegyric, eulogy
a: condemnation, castigation, critcism
eschew
(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
s: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
a: embrace, adopt
germane
(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
s: pertinent
a: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
insatiable
(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
s: unquenchable, ravenous
intransigent
(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
s: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
a: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
invidious
(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
s: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
a: flattering, ameliorative
largesse
(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
s: liberality, bounty
a: stinginess, miserliness, (look at the book for this third antonym)
reconnaissance
(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
s: exploration
substantiate
(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
s: confirm, validate, authenticate
a: refute, disprove, invalidate
taciturn
(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
s: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
a: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
temporize
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
s: dillydally, procrastinate
tenable
(adj.) capable of behind held or defended
s: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
a: indefensible, unjustifiable
bi-
two
com-
together, with
de-
off, from, separation, removal
astr-
star
chron-
time
cosm-
universe
-cap-
take or head
-cede-
to go, move away, withdraw, yield
-cred-
believe
