Eng IV - Vocab 1

Front

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

Back

acquisitive

Front

Claim or take without right

Back

arrogate

Front

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Back

banal

Front

to work excessively; to thrash soundly

Back

belabor

Front

Tending to find fault in a petty or nagging way; criticism.

Back

carping

Front

Holding or sticking together; logical and comprehensible.

Back

coherent

Front

Change from liquid to solid, thicken; make rigid.

Back

congeal

Front

To imitate with the intent to equal or surpass the model.

Back

emulate

Front

Formal praise or tribute

Back

encomium

Front

Avoid, shun, keep away from

Back

eschew