Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Unit 1 vocab
Level G
22
Language - English
12th Grade
08/25/2008

Additional Language - English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
acquisitive
Definition
(adj) able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Term
encomium
Definition
(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Term
coherent
Definition
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Term
belabor
Definition
(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Term
eschew
Definition
(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
Term
emulate
Definition
(v) to imitate w/ the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Term
arrogate
Definition
(v) to claim or take w/o right
Term
banal
Definition
(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Term
excoriation
Definition
(n) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin
Term
congeal
Definition
(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
Term
carping
Definition
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging children
Term
substantiate
Definition
(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Term
temporize
Definition
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Term
largesse
Definition
(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Term
tenable
Definition
(adj) capable of being held or defended
Term
insatiable
Definition
(adj) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
Term
reconnaissance
Definition
(n) a survey made of military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Term
germane
Definition
(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos
Term
ramify
Definition
(v) to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions
Term
intransigent
Definition
(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Term
taciturn
Definition
(adj)habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Term
invidious
Definition
(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Supporting users have an ad free experience!