Vocab Workshop Level G- Unit One

197373857	acquisitive	able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
197373858	arrogate	to claim or take without right
197373859	banal	hackneyed, trite, commonplace
197373860	belabor	to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
197373861	carping	tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
197373862	coherent	holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
197373863	congeal	(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
197373864	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
197373865	encomium	(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
197373866	eschew	(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
197373867	germane	(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
197373868	insatiable	so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
197373869	intransigent	refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
197373870	invidious	(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
197373871	largesse	generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
197373872	reconnaissance	a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
197373873	substantiate	to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
197373874	taciturn	habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
197373875	temporize	to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
197373876	tenable	(adj.) capable of being held or defended