Vocab 12 Unit 1

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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


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