Acquisitive (adj)Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentiveAnt: altruistic, unretentive

**acquiring stuff

Arrogate (v)

To claim or take without right

Syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeerAnt: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

**aaarrrrggggh!

Banal (adj)Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Syn: stale, insipidAnt: fresh, novel, original, new

**blaaah

Belabor (v)To work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Syn: overwork

**labor

Carping (adj)(n)Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism

Syn: nit-picking, cavilingAnt: approving, uncritical

**One who harps on…

Coherent (adj)Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesiveAnt: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

**co - together

Congeal (v)

To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

Syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidifyAnt: melt, liquefy

**geal - jell

Emulate (v)To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Syn: copy, mimic, rival

**imitate

Encomium (n)A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Syn: eulogy, commendationAnt: condemnation, criticism

** Come listen to this greattribute album.

Eschew (v)

To avoid, shun, keep away from

Syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgoAnt: embrace, adopt

**stay away if someone says “achooooo!”

Germane (adj)Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Syn: pertinentAnt: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

**germs - germane to sickness

Insatiable (adj)So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

**can’t be satisfied

Intransigent (adj)

Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurateAnt: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

**Won’t do transaction.

Invidious (adj)Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorativeAnt: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

**It is hideous to be invidious.

Largesse (n)Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Syn: liberality, munificence, bountyAnt: stinginess, miserliness

**giving LARGE

Reconnaissance (n)A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Syn: scouting expedition

**go on recon

Substantiate (v)To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticateAnt: refute, disprove, invalidate

**give substance to a claim

Taciturn (adj)Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconicAnt: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

**The taxi driver is taciturn.

Temporize (v)To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

Syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinateAnt: indefensible, unjustifiable

** to temporarily delay

Tenable (adj)Capable of being held or defended

Syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainableAnt: indefensible, unjustifiable

** I got a 10/10 when I could defend my answers.

QUIZ

10/10 A +