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AP English 3 Vocab
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11th Grade
10/21/2009

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Term
acquisitive
Definition
(adj) able to get and RETAIN IDEAS OR INFORMATION; CONCERNED with acquiring WEALTH or property.

SYN- greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
ANT- altruistic, unretentive
Term
arrogate
Definition
(v)to claim or TAKE WITHOUT RIGHT

SYN- expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ANT- relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
Term
banal
Definition
(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

SYN- stale, insipid
ANT- fresh, novel, original, new
Term
belabor
Definition
(v) to WORK on EXCESSIVELY; to trash soundly

SYN- overwork
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carping
Definition
(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way (n) petty, nagging criticism

SYN- NITPICKING- caviling
ANT- APPROVING, uncritical
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coherent
Definition
(adj) holding or STICKING TOGETHER; making a logical whole; COMPREHENSIBLE, meaningful

SYN- CONNECTED, unified, consisted, cohesive
ANT- muddled, chaotic, disjointed
Term
congeal
Definition
(v) to change from LIQUID TO SOLID; thicken; to make inflexible or rigis

SYN- harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
ANT- melt, liquefy
Term
emulate
Definition
(v) to IMITATE with the intent or EQUALING or SURPASSING the model

SYN- COPY, MIMIC, rival, match, measure up to
Term
encomium
Definition
(n) a formal expression of PRAISE; a lavish tribute

SYN- panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Term
eschew
Definition
(v) to AVOID, shun, keep away from

SYN- abstain from, STEER CLEAR OF, forgo
ANT- embrace, adopt
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germane
Definition
(adj) RELEVANT, appropriate, apropos, fitting

SYN- pertinent
ANT- irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
Term
insatiable
Definition
(adj) so great or DEMANDING as to NOT be satisfied

SYN- unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
Term
intransigent
Definition
(adj) REFUSING to COMPROMISE; irreconcilable

SYN- uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
ANT- lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
Term
invidious
Definition
(adj) OFFENSIVE, hateful; tending to CAUSE BITTERNESS and RESENTMENT

SYN- MALICIOUS, SPITEFUL, prejudicial, pejorative
ANT- complimentary, flattering, ameliorative
Term
largess
Definition
(n) generosity in giving; lavish or BOUNTIFUL CONTRIBUTIONS

SYN- liberality, munificence, bounty
ANT- stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
Term
reconnaissance
Definition
(n) a SURVEY made for MILITARY PURPOSES; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

SYN- scouting expedition
Term
substantiate
Definition
(v) to establish by evidence, PROVE, to give concrete or substantial form to

SYN- verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
ANT- refute, disprove, invalidate
Term
taciturn
Definition
(adj) habitually SILENT or QUIET,inclined to TALK VERY LITTLE

SYN-TIGHT-LIPPED, uncommunicative, laconic
ANT- garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
Term
temporize
Definition
(v) to stall or act evasively IN ORDER TO GAIN TIME, AVOID confrontation or postpone a decision; to compromise

SYN- hedge, DILLYDALLY, procastinate
Term
tenable
Definition
(adj) CAPABLE OF BEING HELD OR DEFENDED

SYN- defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ANT- indefensible, unjustifiable
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