vocab unit 1

Question 1

arrogate

Answer 1

(v) to claim or take without right

Question 2

banal

Answer 2

(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Question 3

coherent

Answer 3

(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible,meaningful

Question 4

emulate

Answer 4

(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Question 5

encomium

Answer 5

(n) a formal expression of praise, lavish tribute

Question 6

germane

Answer 6

(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Question 7

instransigent

Answer 7

(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Question 8

reconnaissance

Answer 8

(n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Question 9

substantiate

Answer 9

(v) to establish by evidence,prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Question 10

temporize

Answer 10

(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

Question 11

acquisitive

Answer 11

(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Question 12

belabor

Answer 12

(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Question 13

carping

Answer 13

(adj) tending to find fault, specially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty; nagging criticism

Question 14

congeal

Answer 14

(v) to change from a liquid to solid; thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

Question 15

eschew

Answer 15

(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 16

insatiable

Answer 16

(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Question 17

invidious

Answer 17

(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness or resentment

Question 18

largesse

Answer 18

(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 19

taciturn

Answer 19

(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Question 20

tenable

Answer 20

(adj) capable or being held or defended