4942703530 | acquisitive adj. | able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property | 0 | |
4942706992 | arrogate v. | to claim or take without right | 1 | |
4942708654 | banal adj. | so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring | 2 | |
4942711536 | belabor v. | to work on excessively; to thrash soundly | 3 | |
4942713141 | carping adj. n. | -tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way -petty, nagging criticism | 4 | |
4942727243 | coherent adj. | comprehensible, meaningful | 5 | |
4942730994 | congeal v. | to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid | 6 | |
4942734348 | emulate v. | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model | 7 | |
4942736240 | encomium n. | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute | 8 | |
4942738682 | eschew v. | to avoid, shun, keep away from | 9 | |
4942740408 | germane adj. | relevant, appropriate, fitting | 10 | |
4942742669 | insatiable adj. | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied | 11 | |
4942744412 | intransigent adj. | refusing to compromise, irreconcilable | 12 | |
4942750694 | invidious adj. | offensive, hateful | 13 | |
4942750695 | largesse n. | generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions | 14 | |
4942756343 | reconnaissance n. | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination | 15 | |
4942764126 | substantiate v. | to establish by evidence, prove | 16 | |
4942787163 | taciturn adj. | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very litlte | 17 | |
4942789593 | temporize v. | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision | 18 | |
4942794453 | tenable adj. | capable of being held or defended | 19 |
AP Literature Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
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