vocab units 1-3

Question 1

acquisitive

Answer 1

able to get and retain ideas or info, concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Question 2

arrogate

Answer 2

to claim or take without right

Question 3

banal

Answer 3

hackneyed, trite, commomplace

Question 4

belabor

Answer 4

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Question 5

carping

Answer 5

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism

Question 6

coherent

Answer 6

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

Question 7

congeal

Answer 7

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

Question 8

emulate

Answer 8

to imitate with the intent or equaling or surpassing the model

Question 9

encomium

Answer 9

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Question 10

eschew

Answer 10

to avoid, shun, keep away from

Question 11

germane

Answer 11

relevant, appropriate, fitting

Question 12

insatiable

Answer 12

so great or demanding as not to be satisified

Question 13

intransigent

Answer 13

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Question 14

invidious

Answer 14

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Question 15

largesse

Answer 15

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Question 16

reconnaissance

Answer 16

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

Question 17

substantiate

Answer 17

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

Question 18

taciturn

Answer 18

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Question 19

temporize

Answer 19

stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromize

Question 20

tenable

Answer 20

capable of being held or defended

Question 21

accost

Answer 21

to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

Question 22

animadversion

Answer 22

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 23

avid

Answer 23

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 24

brackish

Answer 24

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 25

celerity

Answer 25

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 26

devious

Answer 26

straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

Question 27

gambit

Answer 27

in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage, any opening move of this type

Question 28

halcyon

Answer 28

a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon, calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous

Question 29

histrionic

Answer 29

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical. artificial

Question 30

incendiary

Answer 30

deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion

Question 31

maelstrom

Answer 31

a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

Question 32

myopic

Answer 32

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation

Question 33

overt

Answer 33

open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Question 34

pejorative

Answer 34

tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling

Question 35

propriety

Answer 35

the state of being proper, appropriateness

Question 36

sacrilege

Answer 36

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 37

summarily

Answer 37

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

Question 38

suppliant

Answer 38

asking humbly and earnestly

Question 39

talisman

Answer 39

an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

Question 40

undulate

Answer 40

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

Question 41

cavort

Answer 41

to romp or prance around exuberantly

Question 42

credence

Answer 42

belief, mental acceptance

Question 43

decry

Answer 43

condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

Question 44

dissemble

Answer 44

disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Question 45

eulogy

Answer 45

formal statement of commendation; high praise

Question 46

distraught

Answer 46

very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Question 47

evince

Answer 47

display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Question 48

exhume

Answer 48

to remove from a grave; to bring to light

Question 49

feckless

Answer 49

lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Question 50

murky

Answer 50

dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Question 51

nefarious

Answer 51

wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

Question 52

piquant

Answer 52

stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent

Question 53

primordial

Answer 53

developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times, fundamental, basic

Question 54

propinquity

Answer 54

nearness in place or time; kinship

Question 55

substantive

Answer 55

real, having a solid basis, considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

Question 56

unwonted

Answer 56

not usual or expected; not in character

Question 57

utopian

Answer 57

founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Question 58

verbiage

Answer 58

language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content; wordiness

Question 59

verdant

Answer 59

green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

Question 60

viscous

Answer 60

having a gelatinous or gluey quality; sticky, thick