SR UNIT 1 VOCABULARY

Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

To claim or take without right

Hackneyed, trite, commonplace.

To work on excessively; to thrash soundly.

Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (N) Petty, nagging criticism

Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

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

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

To avoid, shun, keep away from

Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

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

Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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

Capable of being held or defended

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