Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Acquisitive

Answer 1

Concerned with acquiring wealth or property, able to get and retain ideas or info

Question 2

Arrogate

Answer 2

To claim or take without right

Question 3

Banal

Answer 3

Commonplace, boring

Question 4

Belabor

Answer 4

To overwork or overdo

Question 5

Carping

Answer 5

Nit-picking, petty nagging criticism

Question 6

Coherent

Answer 6

Unified, cohesive, makes a logical whole

Question 7

Congeal

Answer 7

Solidify or harden

Question 8

Emulate

Answer 8

To imitate to equal or surpass the model.

Question 9

Encomium

Answer 9

A formal expression of praise

Question 10

Eschew

Answer 10

Avoid, keep away from

Question 11

Germane (often followed by to)

Answer 11

Relevant, appropriate, fitting

Question 12

Insatiable

Answer 12

Impossible to satisfy, ravenous

Question 13

Intransigent

Answer 13

Refusing to compromise, unyielding, stubborn

Question 14

Invidious

Answer 14

Hateful, spiteful, prejudicial, offensive

Question 15

Largesse

Answer 15

Generosity in giving

Question 16

Reconnaissance

Answer 16

A survey for military purposes, a preliminary inspection

Question 17

Substantiate

Answer 17

To establish by evidence, prove, validate

Question 18

Taciturn

Answer 18

Uncommunicative, habitually silent or quiet

Question 19

Temporize

Answer 19

To procrastinate, to stall to gain time

Question 20

Tenable

Answer 20

Capable of being defended, justifiable