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Unit 1 Level G
American Lit Vocab
20 cards·by ksher
vocabulary
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; to thrash soundly
carping
tending to find faul, especially in a petty, nasty or hair-splitting way; petty, nagging
criticism
coherent
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
congeal
to change from liquid to a 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
eschew
to avoid, shun, keep away from
germane
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting; pertinent
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
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