Vocabulary Quiz 2-Rutman

acquisitive is

• to want nothing

• having a collection

• eager to own and collect things

• to desire everything

Excoriation is

• a skin abrasion.

• a type of stunt.

• a collection.

• a place to hang out.

Encomium is

• a story to scare someone

• a speech making fun

• a diatribe

• a speech of praise

Belabour means

• the desire to own things.

• to explain something more than necessary.

• to discuss a subject.

• overwhelming sadness.

Carping means

• the act of drawing a conclusion.

• the act of incessant complaining about important matters.

• the act of discussing important matters.

• the act of complaining all the time about matters that are not important.

When something congeals it

• changes from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state.

• to come together.

• to pull apart.

• many parts to the whole.

Eschew means

• to hold on to something or someone.

• to give something up.

• to get something from someone.

• to avoid something intentionally.

Insatiable means

• appetite, desire, hunger.

• a desire to great to be satisfied.

• moderate wants.

• things coming from a liquid state to a more solid form.

Invidious means

• unfair practices in a conflict.

• an insatiable desire.

• a set of negative rules.

• likely to cause unhappiness often because something is unfair.

Inestimable is

• priceless
• expensive
• worthless
• valuable