AP Literature Unit 1 Flashcards

7765052120	acquisitive	able to get retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property	0
7765058613	arrogate	to claim or take without right	1
7765061228	banal	hackneyed, trite, commonplace	2
7765064752	belabor	to work on excessively; to thrash soundly	3
7765067233	carping	tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way	4
7765070271	coherent	holding or sticking together; making a logical whole, comprehensive, meaningful	5
7765083352	congeal	to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid	6
7765087816	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model	7
7765092334	encomium	a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute	8
7765095578	eschew	to avoid, shun, keep away from	9
7765099898	germane	relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting	10
7765104304	insatiable	so great or demanding as not to be satisfied	11
7765111178	intransigent	refusing to compromise, irreconcilable	12
7765116118	invidious	offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment	13
7765120899	largesse	generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions	14
7765131257	reconnaissance	a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination	15
7765147294	substantiate	to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to	16
7765153438	taciturn	habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little	17
7765158083	temporize	to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise	18
7765167559	tenable	capable of being held or defended	19