Vocab unit 1 level G

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

to claim or take without right

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

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

to imitate with the intent of aqualing or surpassing the model

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

to avoid, shun, keep away from

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

a survey made for military purposes; any kind of prelimiary inspection or examination

to establish by evidence, to prove; to give concrete or substantial

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpose a decision; to compromise

capable of being help or defended

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little