Vocab Level G Unit 1

adj. able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

greedy, avaricious, retentive (syn.)

altruistic (ant.)

v. to claim or take without right

expropriate, commandeer (syn.)

renounce, abdicate, abandon (ant.)

adj. hackneyed, trite, commonplace

stale, insipid (syn.)

fresh, original, new (ant.)

v. to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

overwork (syn.)

adj. tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

n. petty, nagging criticism

nit-picking, caviling (syn.)

approving, uncritical (ant.)

adj. holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

connected, unified, consistent, cohesive (syn.)

muddled, chaotic, disjointed (ant.)

v. to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

harden, jell, solidify (syn.)

liquefy (ant.)

v. to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to (syn.)

n. a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

panegyric, eulogy (syn.)

condemnation, castigation, criticism (ant.)

v. to avoid, shun, keep away from

abstain from, steer clear of, forgo (syn.)

embrace, adopt (ant.)

adj. relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

pertinent (syn.)

irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate (ant.)

adj. so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

unquenchable, ravenous (syn.)

adj. refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate (syn.)

lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding (ant.)

adj. offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative (syn.)

flattering, ameliorative (ant.)

n. generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

liberality, bounty (syn.)

stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness (ant.)

n. a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

exploration (syn.)

v. to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

confirm, validate, authenticate (syn.)

refute, disprove, invalidate (ant.)

adj. habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic (syn.)

garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose (ant.)

v. to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

dillydally, procrastinate (syn.)

adj. capable of being held or defended

defensible, justifiable, maintainable (syn.)

indefensible, unjustifiable (ant.)