English Vocab 1

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acquisitive

Back 1

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

greedy,grasping,avaricious,retentive

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arrogate

Back 2

to claim or take without right

expropriate, usurp, commander

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banal

Back 3

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

stale,insipid

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belabor

Back 4

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

overwork

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carping

Back 5

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

(n) petty, nagging criticism

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coherent

Back 6

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

connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

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congeal

Back 7

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

harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

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emulate

Back 8

to imitate with intent of equaling or surpassing the model

copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

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encomium

Back 9

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

panegyric, eulogy, commendation

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eschew

Back 10

to avoid, shun, keep away from

abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

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germane

Back 11

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

pertinent

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insatiable

Back 12

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

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intransigent

Back 13

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

uncompromising,
unyielding, obdurate

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invidious

Back 14

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

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largesse

Back 15

generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

liberality, munificence, bounty

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reconnaissance

Back 16

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

scouting expedition

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substantiate

Back 17

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

verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

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taciturn

Back 18

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

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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

hedge, dillydally,procrasinate

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tenable

Back 20

capable of being held or defended

defensible, justifiable, maintainable