Vocab Unit 1 Level G

encomium

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

reconnaissance

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

acquisitive

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

tenable

capable of being help or defended

largesse

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

taciturn

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

banal

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

coherent

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

invidious

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

intransigent

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

germane

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

insatiable

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

carping

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

eschew

to avoid, shun, keep away from

congeal

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

arrogate

to claim or take without right

substantiate

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

emulate

to imitate with the intent of aqualing or surpassing the model

temporize

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpose a decision; to compromise

belabor

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly