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Chapter 1 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

Chapter 1 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example. acquisitive (adj). Able to get and retain details or information Concerned with acquiring wealth or property. arrogate (v). To claim or take without right. banal (adj). Hackneyed, commonplace, corny.

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Chapter 1 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

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  1. Chapter 1 Vocabulary-- write word and part of speech-- write definition-- write example

  2. acquisitive (adj) • Able to get and retain details or information • Concerned with acquiring wealth or property

  3. arrogate (v) • To claim or take without right

  4. banal (adj) • Hackneyed, commonplace, corny

  5. belabor (v) • To explain, worry about, or work at something excessively • To thrash or beat vigorously

  6. carping (adj/n) • Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way • Petty, nagging criticism

  7. coherent (adj) • Holding or sticking together • Making a logical whole • Comprehensible, meaningful

  8. congeal (v) • To change from liquid to solid; thicken • To make inflexible or rigid

  9. emulate (v) • To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

  10. encomium (n) • A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

  11. eschew (v) • To avoid, shun, keep away from

  12. germane (adj) • Relevant, appropriate, fitting

  13. insatiable (adj) • So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

  14. intransigent (adj) • Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

  15. invidious (adj) • Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

  16. largesse (n) • Generosity in giving • Lavish or bountiful contributions

  17. reconnaissance (n) • A survey made for military purposes • Any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

  18. substantiate (v) • To establish by evidence, prove • To give concrete or substantial form to

  19. taciturn (adj) • Habitually silent or quiet • Inclined to talk very little

  20. temporize (v) • To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision • To compromise

  21. tenable (adj) • Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute

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