Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 10 Answers

Learn and Retain Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 1 With This Word List and Quizlet

Word List

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

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