1. Acquisitive (adj)
Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
Ant: altruistic, unretentive
**acquiring stuff

2. Arrogate (v)
To claim or take without right Syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer Ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon **aaarrrrggggh!

3. Banal (adj)
Hackneyed, trite, commonplace Syn: stale, insipid Ant: fresh, novel, original, new **blaaah

4. Belabor (v)
To work on excessively; to thrash soundly Syn: overwork **labor

5. Carping (adj)(n)
Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism Syn: nit-picking, caviling Ant: approving, uncritical **One who harps on…

6. Coherent (adj)
Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful Syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive Ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed **co - together

7. Congeal (v)
To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid Syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify Ant: melt, liquefy **geal - jell

8. Emulate (v)
To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model Syn: copy, mimic, rival **imitate

9. Encomium (n)
A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute Syn: eulogy, commendation Ant: condemnation, criticism ** Come listen to this great tribute album.

10. Eschew (v)
To avoid, shun, keep away from Syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Ant: embrace, adopt **stay away if someone says “achooooo!”

11. Germane (adj)
Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting Syn: pertinent Ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate **germs - germane to sickness

12. Insatiable (adj)
So great or demanding as not to be satisfied Syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious **can’t be satisfied

13. Intransigent (adj)
Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable Syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding **Won’t do transaction.

14. Invidious (adj)
Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment Syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative Ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative **It is hideous to be invidious.

15. Largesse (n)
Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions Syn: liberality, munificence, bounty Ant: stinginess, miserliness **giving LARGE

16. Reconnaissance (n)
A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination Syn: scouting expedition **go on recon

17. Substantiate (v)
To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to Syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate Ant: refute, disprove, invalidate **give substance to a claim

18. Taciturn (adj)
Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little Syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic Ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose **The taxi driver is taciturn.

19. Temporize (v)
To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise Syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate Ant: indefensible, unjustifiable ** to temporarily delay

20. Tenable (adj)
Capable of being held or defended Syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable Ant: indefensible, unjustifiable ** I got a 10/10 when I could defend my answers.
QUIZ
10/10
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