Level G: Unit 1 Vocab
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Definition: Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
Synonyms: greedy, grasping, acaricious, retentive
Antonyms: altruistic, unretentive - Acquisitive
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Definiton: To claim or take without right
Synonyms: exprpriate, usurp, commandeer
Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon - Arrogate
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Definition: Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Synonyms: stale, insipid
Antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new - Banal
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Definition: To work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Synonyms: overwork - Belabor
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Definition: tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling
Antonyms: approving, uncritical - Carping
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Definition: holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Synonyms:connected, unified, consistent, cohesiv
Antonyms:muddled, chaotic, disjointed - Coherent
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Definition:To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make unflexible or rigid
Synonyms:harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Antonyms:melt, liquefy - Congeal
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Definition:To imitate with the intet of equaling or surpassing the model
Synonyms:copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to - Emulate
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Definition:A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Synonyms:panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Antonyms:condemnation, castigation, criticism - Encomium
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Definition:To avoid, shun, keep away from
Synonyms:abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
Antonyms:embrace, adopt - Eschew
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Definition:Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Synonyms:pertinent
Antonyms:embrace, adopt - Germane
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Definition:So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Synonyms:unquenchable, ravenous, voracious - Insatiable
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Definition:Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Synonyms:uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Antonyms:lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding - Intransigent
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Definition:Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Synonyms:malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
Antonyms:complimentary, flattering, ameliorative - Invidious
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Definition:Generosity in giving; lacish or bountiful contributors
Synonyms:liberality, munificence, bounty
Antonyms:stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness - Largesse
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Definition:A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Synonyms:scouting expedition - Reconnaissance
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Definition:To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Synonyms:verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
Antonyms:refute, disprove, invalidate - Substantiate
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Definition:Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Synonyms:tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
Antonyms:garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose - Taciturn
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Definition:To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, acoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Synonyms:hedge, dillydally, procrastinate - Temporize
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Definition:Capable of being held or defended
Synonyms:defensible, justifiable, maintainable
Antonyms:indefensible, unjustifiable - Tenable