Vocabulary Workshop Level G

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

• SYNONYMS: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
• ANTONYMS: altruistic, unretentive

(v.) to claim or take without right

• SYNONYMS: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
• ANTONYMS: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

• SYNONYMS: stale, insipid
• ANTONYMS: fresh, novel, original, new

(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

SYNONYM: overwork

• (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
• (n.) petty, nagging criticism

• SYNONYMS: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling
• ANTONYMS: (adj.) approving, uncritical

(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensivle, meaningful

• SYNONYMS: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
• ANTONYMS: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

(v.) to chagne from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

• SYNONYMS: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
• ANTONYMS: melt, liquefy

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

SYNONYMS: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

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

• SYNONYMS: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
• ANTONYMS: condemnation, castigation, criticism

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

• SYNONYMS: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
• ANTONYMS: embrace, adopt

(adj.) relevant, appropraite, apropos, fitting

• SYNONYM: pertinent
• ANTONYMS: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

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

SYNONYMS: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

• SYNONYMS: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
• ANTONYMS: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

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

• SYNONYMS: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
• ANTONYMS: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

• SYNONYMS: liberality, munificence, bounty
• ANTONYMS: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliess

(n.) a survey madef or military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspecitino or examination

SYNONYM: scouting expedition

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

• SYNONYMS: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
• ANTONYMS: refute, disprove, invalidate

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

• SYNONYMS: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
• ANTONYMS: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

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

SYNONYMS: hedge, dillydaily, procrastination

(adj.) capable of being held or defended

• SYNONYMS: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
• ANTONYMS: indefensible, unjustifiable