1. Vocabulary
VOCABULARY
Quiz 100%
Level G Unit 1

2. acquisitive (adjective) able to get and retain ideas or information;
concerned with
acquiring wealth or
property
SYN: greedy, grasping,
avaricious, retentive
ANT: altruistic,
unretentive

3. arrogate (verb) to claim or take without right SYN: expropriate,
usurp, commandeer
ANT: relinquish,
renounce, abdicate,
abandon

4. banal (adjective) hackneyed, trite, commonplace SYN: stale, insipid
ANT: fresh, novel,
original, new

5. belabor
(verb) to work on
excessively;
to thrash
soundly
SYN: overwork

6. carping (adjective) tending to find fault, especially
in a petty, nasty, or
hairsplitting way;
(noun) petty, nagging
criticism
SYN: (adjective) nit-
picking, caviling
ANT: approving,
uncritical

7. coherent (adjective) holding or sticking together; making a logical
whole; comprehensible,
meaningful
SYN: connected, unified,
consistent, cohesive
ANT: muddled, chaotic,
disjointed

8. congeal (verb) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make
inflexible or rigid
SYN: harden, jell,
coagulate, solidify
ANT: melt, liquefy

9. emulate (verb) to imitate with the intent of equaling or
surpassing the
model
SYN: copy, mimic,
rival, match,
measure up to

10. encomium (noun) an formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
SYN: panegyric,
eulogy,
commendation
ANT: condemnation,
castigation, criticism

11. eschew (verb) to avoid, shun, keep away from SYN: abstain from,
steer clear of,
forgo
ANT: embrace,
adopt

12. germane (adjective) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
SYN: pertinent
ANT: irrelevant,
extraneous,
inappropriate

13. insatiable (adjective) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
SYN: unquenchable,
ravenous,
voracious

14. intransigent (adjective) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
SYN: uncompromising,
unyielding,
obdurate
ANT: lukewarm,
halfhearted, yielding

15. invidious (adjective) offensive, hateful; tending to
cause bitterness and
resentment
SYN: malicious, spiteful,
prejudicial, pejorative
ANT: complimentary,
flattering, ameliorative

16. largesse (noun) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful
contributions
SYN: liberality,
munificence, bounty
ANT: stinginess,
miserliness,
niggardliness

17. reconnaissance (noun) a survey made for military purposes; any
kind of preliminary
inspection or
examination
SYN: scouting
expedition

18. substantiate (verb) to establish by evidence, prove; to
give concrete or
substantial form to
SYN: verify, confirm,
validate, authenticate
ANT: refute, disprove,
invalidate

19. taciturn (adjective) habitually silent or quiet,
inclined to talk very little
SYN: tight-lipped,
uncommunicative,
laconic
ANT: garrulous, loquacious,
prolix, verbose

20. temporize (verb) to stall or act evasively in order to
gain time, avoid a
confrontation, or
postpone a
decision; to
compromise
SYN: hedge, dillydally,
procrastinate

21. tenable (adjective) capable of being held or defended SYN: defensible,
justifiable,
maintainable
ANT: indefensible,
unjustifiable