vocab 1-5 2
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- acquisitive
- concerned with acquiring wealth or property
- arrogate
- to take without right
- banal
- boring, common
- belabor
- to thrash soundly, to overwork something
- carping
- tending to find fault, in a nasty way
- coherent
- meaningful, makes sense
- congeal
- change from a liquid to a solid
- emulate
- to imitate in a good way
- encomium
- formal expression of praise
- eschew
- to shun
- germane
- relevant
- insatiable
- unquentiable
- intransigent
- refusing to compromise
- invidious
- offensive
- largesse
- generosity in giving; big lavish contributions
- reconnaissance
- a survey made for military purposes
- substantiate
- to prove or back up with evidence
- taciturn
- silent or quiet
- temporize
- to stall in order to gain time
- tenable
- capable of being held or defended
- accost
- to approach and speak to first, to confront
- avid
- greedy for something
- brackish
- salty and unpleasant
- celerity
- swiftness
- devious
- wandering from a direct course
- gambit
- chess move
- halcyon
- calm peaceful
- histrionic
- artificially dramatic
- maelstrom
- a whirpool of great size and violence
- myopic
- nearsighted
- articulate
- to pronounce distinctly
- cavort
- to prance around
- credence
- belief acceptance
- decry
- to comdemn
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal
- distraught
- agitated because of mental conflict
- eulogy
- a formal high praise
- evince
- to display clearly
- exhume
- to remove from a grave
- feckless
- lacking in spirit and strength, innefective
- nefarious
- wicked
- piquant
- spicy
- primordial
- created at the very beginming
- propinquity
- closeness
- unwonted
- not in character, not expected
- utopian
- founded apon a visionary idea
- verbiage
- language that is very wordy
- verdant
- green in colour
- viscous
- gelatinous
- atrophy
- the wasting away of a body organ or tissue
- bastion
- stronghold
- concord
- a state of agreement or harmony
- consummate
- to perfect to bring to completion
- disarray
- disorder, confusion
- exigency
- urgency, pressure
- flotsam
- floating debris
- frenetic
- frenzied
- glean
- to gather bit by bit
- grouse
- a type of game bird, to complain
- incarcerate
- to imprison
- incumbant
- required
- jocular
- humorous
- ludicrous
- ridiculous
- mordant
- biting or caustic in though
- nettle
- plant, to arouse displeasure
- pecuniary
- of or relating to money
- pusillanimous
- contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited
- recumbent
- in a reclining position
- stratagem
- strategy
- acuity
- sharpness
- delineate
- to portray, sketch
- depraved
- marked by evil and corruption
- enverate
- to weaken or lessen the mental viggor of
- esoteric
- intended for or understood only by a select few, secret
- fecund
- fruitful in offspring or vegetation, intelectually productive
- fiat
- an arbitrary order or decree
- figment
- a fabrication of the mind
- garner
- to aquire as the result of effort
- hallow
- to set apart as holy or sacred
- idiosyncrasy
- a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify, mannerism
- ignominy
- shame and disgrace
- mundane
- earthly, concerned with what is ordinary
- nuance
- a subtle or slight variation, shade difference
- overweening
- conceited
- penchant
- a strong attraction or inclination
- reputed
- according to reputation or general belief
- sophistry
- reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound
- sumptous
- costly, magnificent
- ubiquitous
- present or existing everywhere