Vocab Level G Unit 1

Front 1

acquisitive

Back 1

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

ADJ

Hint 1

Synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive<br />
Antonyms: altruistic, unretentive

Front 2

arrogate

Back 2

to claim or take w/o right

V

Hint 2

Synonmys: expropriate, usurp, comandeer<br />
Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

Front 3

banal

Back 3

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

ADJ

Hint 3

SYNONMYMS: stale, inspid
ANTONYMS:fresh, novel, original, new

Front 4

belabor

Back 4

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

V

Hint 4

SYNONYM: overwork

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carping

Back 5

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

ADJ
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petty, nagging criticism
N

Hint 5

to a
Synonyms-- nit-picking, carping

Antonyms-- approving, uncritical

Front 6

coherent

Back 6

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

ADJ

Hint 6

synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

A- muddled, chaotic, disjointed

Front 7

congeal

Back 7

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

V

Hint 7

S-- harden, jell, coagulate

A-- melt, liquefy

Front 8

emulate

Back 8

to imitate witht he intent of equaling or surpassing the model

V

Hint 8

s- copy, mimcic, rival, match, measure up to

Front 9

encomium

Back 9

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

N

Hint 9

S- panegyric, eulogy, commendation

A- condemnation, castigation, criticism

Front 10

eschew

Back 10

to avoid, shun, keep away from

V

Hint 10

S-= abstain from, steer clear of, forgo


A-- embrace, adopt

Front 11

germane

Back 11

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

ADJ

Hint 11

S- pertinent

A- irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

Front 12

insatiable

Back 12

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

ADJ

Hint 12

S- unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

Front 13

intransigent

Back 13

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

ADJ

Hint 13

S--- uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

A- lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

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invidious

Back 14

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

ADJ

Hint 14

S-- malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative


A- complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

Front 15

largesse

Back 15

generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

N

Hint 15

S- liberality, munificence, bounty

A- stinginess, miserliness, niggrdliness

Front 16

reconaissance

Back 16

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

N

Hint 16

S- scouting expedition

Front 17

substantiate

Back 17

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

V

Hint 17

S- verify, confirm, validate, authenticate


A- refute, disprove, invalidate

Front 18

taciturn

Back 18

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

ADJ

Hint 18

S- tight-lipped, uncommunative, laconic

A- garrulous, laquacious, prolix, verbose

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temporize

Back 19

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

V

Hint 19

S- hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

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tenable

Back 20

capable of being held or defended

adj

Hint 20

S- defensible, justifiable,maintainable


A- indefensible, unjustifiable