English Iii Level G Vocab Units 1 And 2

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acquisitive

Back 1

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

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arrogate

Back 2

to claim or take without right

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banal

Back 3

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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belabor

Back 4

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

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carping

Back 5

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

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coherent

Back 6

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

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congeal

Back 7

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

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emulate

Back 8

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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encomium

Back 9

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

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eschew

Back 10

to avoid, shun, keep away from

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germane

Back 11

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

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insatiable

Back 12

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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intransigent

Back 13

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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invidious

Back 14

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

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largesse

Back 15

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

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reconnaissance

Back 16

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

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substantiate

Back 17

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

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taciturn

Back 18

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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temporize

Back 19

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

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tenable

Back 20

capable of being held or defended

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accost

Back 21

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

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animadversion

Back 22

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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avid

Back 23

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

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brackish

Back 24

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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celerity

Back 25

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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devious

Back 26

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

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gambit

Back 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

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halcyon

Back 28

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

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histrionic

Back 29

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

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incendiary

Back 30

deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion
or
one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

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maelstrom

Back 31

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

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myopic

Back 32

nearsighted; lacking abroad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

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overt

Back 33

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

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pejorative

Back 34

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

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propriety

Back 35

the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

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sacrilege

Back 36

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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summarily

Back 37

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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suppliant

Back 38

asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

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talisman

Back 39

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

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undulate

Back 40

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form