Vocab #1-3
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- acquisitive
- able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
- arrogate
- to claim or take without right
- banal
- hackneyed, trite, commonplace
- belabor
- to work on excessively
- carping
- tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
- coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible,
meaningful - congeal
- to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
- emulate
- to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
- encomium
- a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
- escew
- to avoid, shun, keep away from
- germane
- relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
- insatiable
- so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
- intransigent
- refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
- invidious
- offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
- largesse
- generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
- reconnaissance
- a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
- substantiate
- to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
- taciturn
- habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or
postpone a decision; to compromise - tenable
- capable of being held or defended
- accost
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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive
way - animadversion
- a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
- avid
- desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
- brackish
- having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
- celerity
- swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
- devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a
shifty or underhanded way - gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece
in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type - halcyon
- a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
- histrionic
- pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
- incendiary
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deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir
up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who
causes strife - maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool
in violence and destruction - myopic
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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight
or discernment - overt
- open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
- pejorative
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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement,
derogatory, deprecatory, belittling - propriety
- the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
- sacrilege
- improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
- summarily
- without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
- suppliant
- asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
- talisman
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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers,
an amulet, fetish - undulate
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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike
appearance or form - articulate
- to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully
- cavort
- to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry
- credence
- belief, mental acceptance
- decry
- to condemn, express strong disapproval
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
- distraught
- very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
- eulogy
- a formal statement of commendation; high praise
- evince
- to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke
- exhume
- to remove from a grave; to bring to light
- feckless
- lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
- murky
- dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision
- nefarious
- wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
- piquant
- stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative
- primordial
- developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic
- propinquity
- nearness in place or time; kinship
- unwonted
- not usual or expected; not in character
- utopian
- founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world
- verbiage
- language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
- verdant
- green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment
- viscous
- having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity