Sophmore Vocab Unit 1

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acquisitive

Back 1

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

greedy.

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arrogate

Back 2

(v.) to claim or take without right.

expropriate.

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banal

Back 3

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace.

stale. insipid.
antonym: fresh, novel, new, original.

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belabor

Back 4

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

syn:overwork.

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carping

Back 5

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

syn: nit-picking, caviling.
ant: approving, uncritical.

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coherent

Back 6

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

syn: connected, unified, consistent
ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed.

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congeal

Back 7

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

harden
ant: melt

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emulate

Back 8

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

syn: copy, mimic, rival, match

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encomium

Back 9

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

syn: panegyric, eulogy
ant: condemnation, criticism

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eschew

Back 10

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

syn: abstain from
ant: embrace, abstain

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germane

Back 11

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.

syn: pertinent
ant: irrelevant, innappropriate

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insatiable

Back 12

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

syn: unquenchable

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intransgient

Back 13

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.

syn: uncompromising, unyielding
ant: lukewarm, half-hearted, yielding

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invidious

Back 14

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

syn: malicious. spiteful
ant: complimentary, flattering

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largesse

Back 15

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

syn: bounty
ant: stinginess

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reconnaissance

Back 16

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

syn: scouting expedition.

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substantiate

Back 17

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

syn: verify, confirm, validate.
ant: refute, disprove

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taciturn

Back 18

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

syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative.

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temporize

Back 19

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

syn: procrastinate.

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tenable

Back 20

(adj.) capable of being held or defended.

syn: defensible, justifiable.
ant: indefensible