Sadlier-Oxford Level G Unit 1

Front 1

en'comium

Back 1

a formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute (n.)

Front 2

co'herent

Back 2

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful (adj.)

Front 3

be'labor

Back 3

to work on excessively, to thrash soundly (v.)

Front 4

es'chew

Back 4

to avoid, shun, keep away from (v.)

Front 5

a 'cquisitive

Back 5

able to get and to retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring wealth or property (adj.)

Front 6

'emulate

Back 6

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model (v.)

Front 7

'arrogate

Back 7

to claim or take without right (v.)

Front 8

ba'nal

Back 8

hackneyed, trite, commonplace (adj.)

Front 9

ex'coriation

Back 9

a strong denunciation, the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin (n.)

Front 10

con'geal

Back 10

to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid (v.)

Front 11

'carping

Back 11

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. (adj.)

petty, nagging criticism (n.)

Front 12

sub'stantiate

Back 12

to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to (v.)

Front 13

'temporize

Back 13

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision, to compromise (v.)

Front 14

lar'gesse

Back 14

generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions (n.)

Front 15

'tenable

Back 15

capable of being held or defended (adj.)

Front 16

in'satiable

Back 16

so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied (adj.)

Front 17

re'connaissance

Back 17

a survey made for military purposes, any kid of preliminary inspection or examination (n.)

Front 18

ger'mane

Back 18

relevant, appropiate, apropos (adj.)

Front 19

'ramify

Back 19

to divide and spread out like brances, to separate into divisions (v.)

Front 20

in'transigent

Back 20

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable (adj.)

Front 21

'taciturn

Back 21

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little (adj.)

Front 22

in'vidious

Back 22

offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment (adj.)