Unit 1

insatiable

So great as not to be satisfied

arrogate

To claim or take without right

coherent

Holding or sticking together

emulate

To imitate

encomium

Formal praise

carping

Petty, naggingcriticism

invidious

Offensive, hateful

eschew

To avoid, shun

congeal

Change from liquid to solid

banal

Hackneyed, tritecommonplace

acquisitive

Able to GET ideas or wealth

congeal

Make inflexible or rigid

carping

Tending to find fault

largess

generosity

coherent

Making a logicalwhole

belabor

To work on excessively

reconnaissance

Preliminary inspection

taciturn

Habitually silentor quiet

temporize

To stall or hesitate

germane

Relevant, Apropos, fitting

coherent

Comprehensible,meaningful

substantiate

To establish by evidence

temporize

To compromise

tenable

Capable of being supported

intransigent

Stubborn, irreconcilable

belabor

To thrash soundly

reconnaissance

acquisitive

invidious

banal

carping

temporize

I can’t decide!

largess

emulate

encomium

arrogate

garrulous

taciturn

miserliness

largess

extraneous

germane

yielding

intransigent

melt

congeal

ameliorative

invidious

loquacious

taciturn

altruistic

acquisitive

approving

carping

novel

trite

muddled

coherent

castigation

encomium

prolix

taciturn

ADJECTIVES used to describe PEOPLE:

He is acquisitive.She is carping.

He is insatiable.She is intransigent.

He is invidious.She is taciturn.

ADJECTIVES used to describe THINGS:

The story is banal.The answer is coherent.

The topic is germane.The theory is tenable.

These are NOUNS. They can be preceded by the word “the.”

The constant carping irritated me.The encomiums were lavished on her.

We appreciated the largesse.We discussed the reconnaissance.

These are VERBS. He arrogated the throne.He belabored the point.

The blood congealed.He emulated his boss.

He eschewed bad habits.She substantiated her claim.

He temporized in the jury room.

Here is how you will typically hear these words:

insatiable lustinsatiable appetiteinsatiable hungerinsatiable greed

Here is how you will typically hear these words:

Belabor a point

Here is how you will typically hear these words:

An acquisitive societyAn acquisitive mind

Acquisitive businessmanAcquisitive instincts

Here is how you will typically hear these words:

Substantiate a claimSubstantiate an assertion

Substantiate a theory

Here is how you will typically hear these words:

eschew bad habitseschew technologyeschew temptation

eschew old ideas

Here is how you will typically hear these words:

Arrogate the throneArrogate privileges

Arrogate controlArrogate rights