ELA 12 Vocab Unit 1

What does the term "acquisitive" mean?

• Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or money

• To claim or take without right

• Commonplace

• To work on excessively

What is the definition of "arrogate"?

• To avoid, shun, keep away from

• To claim or take without right

• Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

• To establish by evidence, prove

Which word means "commonplace"?

• Taciturn

• Banal

• Coherent

• Intransigent

What does "belabor" mean?

• To work on excessively

• To change from liquid to solid

• To stall or act evasively

• To avoid, shun, keep away from

What is the meaning of "carping"?

• Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

• Holding or sticking together

• A formal expression of praise

• Refusing to compromise

Which term describes "holding or sticking together; making a logical whole"?

• Coherent

• Insatiable

• Taciturn

• Invidious

What does "congeal" mean?

• To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

• To claim or take without right

• To work on excessively

• To avoid, shun, keep away from

What is the definition of "emulate"?

• To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

• To establish by evidence, prove

• To stall or act evasively

• To avoid, shun, keep away from

What does "encomium" mean?

• A formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute

• Generosity in giving

• A survey made for military purposes

• To establish by evidence, prove

What is the meaning of "eschew"?

• To avoid, shun, keep away from

• To claim or take without right

• To work on excessively

• To change from liquid to solid