English Vocabulary Unit 1

Front 1

Acquisitive

Back 1

1. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
2. Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information: an acquisitive mind

Front 2

Arrogate

Back 2

1. To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate: Presidents who have arrogated the power of Congress to declare war.
2. To ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner.

Front 3

Banal

Back 3

Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite

Front 4

Belabor

Back 4

1. To attack with blows; hit, beat, or whip
2. To assail verbally.
3. To discuss repeatedly or at length; harp on: Don't belabor the point

Front 5

Carping

Back 5

1.To find fault in a disagreeable way; complain fretfully.
2.A fretful complaint

Front 6

Coherent

Back 6

1. Sticking together; cohering.
2.Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts: a coherent essay.

Front 7

Congeal

Back 7

To solidify by or as if by freezing:

Front 8

Emulate

Back 8

1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.
2.To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with

Front 9

Encomium

Back 9

Warm, glowing praise.

Front 10

Eschew

Back 10

To avoid; shun

Front 11

Germane

Back 11

Being both pertinent and fitting

Front 12

Insatiable

Back 12

Impossible to satiate or satisfy: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge

Front 13

Intransigent

Back 13

Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising

Front 14

invidious

Back 14

1.Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment:
2. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory
3.Envious.

Front 15

largesse

Back 15

1. Generosity of spirit or attitude.
2.Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner

Front 16

Reconnaissance

Back 16

An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information

Front 17

Substantiate

Back 17

To support with proof or evidence; verify:

Front 18

Taciturn

Back 18

Habitually untalkative

Front 19

Temporize

Back 19

To engage in discussions or negotiations, especially so as to achieve a compromise or gain time

Front 20

Tenable

Back 20

Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible