Weeks 1-2 Flashcards
Arrogate
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
ANT: altruistic
Banal
(adj.) Hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
ANT: fresh, original, new
belabor
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Carping
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
ANT: approving, uncritical
Coherent
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
ANT: muddled, chaotic, disjointed, adhesive
congeal
(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
ANT: liquify
emulate
(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
encomium
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
ANT: condemnation, castigation, criticism
Eschew
(v.) To avoid, shun, keep away from.
ANT: embrace, adopt
Germane
(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
ANT: Irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
insatiable
(adj.) So great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
ANT: unquenchable, ravenous
intransigent
(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
ANT: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
Invidious
(Adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
ANT: flattering, ameliorative
Largesse
(N.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
ANT: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
reconnaissance
(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
