AP Literature Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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