Unit 1 Vocab A

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

(v) to claim or take without right

(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace - stale

(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly - overwork

(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty,nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty nagging criticism - nit-picking

(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful - connnected, consistent

(v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid - harden, solidify

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

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

(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from - steer clear of

(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment - spiteful

(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

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

(v) to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to

(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little - uncommunicative

(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise - dillydally

(adj) capable of being held or defended - maintainable