Unit 1,2,3 vocabulary

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

(v.) to claim or take without right

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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 or resentment

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

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

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

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

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

(adj.) capable of being held or defended

(v) approach and speak to first; confront in a challenging or aggressive way

(n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

(adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

(n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

(adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhand way

(n) in chess and opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

(n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

(adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic S: affected, stagy

(adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to sir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who cases strife

(n) whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

(adj) nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

(adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is not easily recognized

(adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

(n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

(n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

(adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

(adj) asking humbly and earnestly (n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

(n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

(v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

(v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

(n.) belief, mental acceptance

(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false emotion or mental conflict

(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

(v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light

(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship

(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity