Vocab 12 Unit 1
encomium - definition
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
reconnaissance - definition
a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
acquisitive - definition
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
acquisitive - part of speech
adjective
banal - part of speech
adjective
coherent - part of speech
adjective
germane - part of speech
adjective
insatiable - part of speech
adjective
intransigent - part of speech
adjective
invidious - part of speech
adjective
taciturn - part of speech
adjective
tenable - part of speech
adjective
carping - part of speech
adjective / noun
tenable - definition
capable of being held or defended
largesse - definition
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
taciturn - definition
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
banal - definition
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
coherent - definition
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
encomium - part of speech
noun
largesse - part of speech
noun
reconnaissance - part of speech
noun
invidious - definition
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
intransigent - definition
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
germane - definition
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
insatiable - definition
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
carping - definition
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
eschew - definition
to avoid, shun, keep away from
congeal - definition
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
arrogate - definition
to claim or take without right
substantiate - definition
to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
emulate - definition
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
temporize - definition
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
belabor - definition
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
arrogate - part of speech
verb
belabor - part of speech
verb
congeal - part of speech
verb
emulate - part of speech
verb
eschew - part of speech
verb
substantiate - part of speech
verb
temporize - part of speech
verb
