78651516 | enconium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute | |
78651517 | coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful | |
78651518 | belabor | to worl on excessively, to thrash soundly | |
78651519 | eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from | |
78651520 | acquisitive | able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with getting wealth | |
78651521 | emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model | |
78651522 | arrogate | to claim or take without right | |
78651523 | banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace | |
78651524 | excoriation | a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing at the skin | |
78651525 | congeal | to change from liquid or solid, thicken to make inflexible or rigid | |
78651526 | carping | tending to find fault in a nast hairsplitting way | |
78651527 | substantiate | to establish in eveidence, have concrete evidence, prove | |
78651528 | temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation, postpone | |
78651529 | largesse | generosity in giving, lavish bountiful contribution | |
78651530 | tenable | capable of being held or defended | |
78651531 | insatiable | so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied | |
78651532 | reconnaissance | a survey made for military purpose; preliminary inspection or examination | |
78651533 | germane | relevent, appropriate, apropos | |
78651534 | ramify | to divide and spread out like branches | |
78651535 | intransigent | refusing to compromise, irreconcialble | |
78651536 | taciturn | habitually silent or quite, inclined to talk very little | |
78651537 | invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
Unit 1 Vocab
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