Vocab Week 1 Flashcards
To claim or take without right
Arrogate
Able to get and retain ideas or information; greedy
acquisitive
Commonplace; unoriginal
Banal
To work on excessively; overwork
Belabor
Megan criticism; nitpicking; harping
Carping
Holding are sticking together; connected
Coherent
To change from liquid to solid; to thicken or harden
Congeal
To imitate, copy, or mimic
Emulate
A formal expression of praise
Encomium
To avoid, shun, or keep away
Eschew
Relevant, appropriate, or fitting
Germane
So great or demanding as to not be satisfied
Insatiable
Refusing to compromise
Intransigent
Offensive or hateful
Invidious
Bountiful contributions
largesse
Any kind of preliminary inspection or examination (military)
Reconnaissance
To establish by evidence or prove
Substantiate
Silent or quiet; inclined to talk very little
Taciturn
To stall her act in order to gain time
Temporize
Capable of being held or defended
Tenable