English IV Vocab 1

(v) to avoid, to shun, or to keep away from

• eschew

• invidious

• taciturn

• emulate

(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

• tenable

• belabor

• banal

• carping

(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

• temporizing

• germane

• largesse

• encomium

(v) to claim or take without right

• congeal

• emulate

• acquisitive

• arrogate

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

• insatiable

• acquisitive

• intransigent

• arrogate

(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

• banal

• substanitate

• largesse

• coherent

(n) petty, nagging, criticism

• carping

• congeal

• taciturn

• eschew

(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

• belabor

• emulate

• carping

• eschew

(v) to work on excessively; to thrash loudly

• invidious

• banal

• belabor

• temorizing

(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

• reconnaissance

• emulate

• encomium

• tenable