Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Terms Flashcards

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or info. concerned with acquiring weath or property
The acquistive man was asked if he had a penny for every day he was alive would be take that or the hundred, the man took the hundred because he was greedy. s) greedy, grasping a) unretentive

(v.) to claim or take without right
Do not arrogate a mission without the commander's approval.
s) expropriate, commandeer a) relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
She wore the average little banal black dress.
s) stale insipid a) fresh, novel, original, new

(v.) to work on excessivly, to thrash soundly
Try not to belabor yourself with that big pile of work.
s) overwork

(adj.) tending to find fault - petty nasty way
He kept carping me trying to find a fault i had.
(n.) petty nagging criticism
I'm tired of your mean carping over things i do.
s) nit-picking, caviling
a) approving, uncritical

(adj.) sticking or holding together, making a logical whole, meaningful
Lets try to join theses two ideas to create one whole coherent idea.
s) connected unified consistent cohesive
a) muddled chaotic disjointed

(v.) to change from liq. to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid
The jello will congeal once you mix it and put it in the frigid.
s) harden, jell, solidify
a) melt, liquefy

(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
In acting it is not a good idea to emulate another actor, you should create something new.
s) copy, mimic, rival, mach, measure up to

(n.) lavish tribute
I wish that we could of given a grand encomium to uncle larry.
s) eulogy, commendaion
a) criticism, condemnation

(v.) to aviod, shun, keep away from
You should aschew from foods that are bad for you.
s) abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
a) embrace, adopt

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
It is germane that you apologize to that girl that you made cry for no reason.
s) pertinent
a) irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

(adj.) so greator demanding as not to be satisfied
I have an insatiable appitite where i want to eat so much.
s) unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

(adj.) refusing to compromise
The intransigent man would not comply with the policy of no shirt no shoes no service.
s) uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
a) lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

(adj.) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
The invidious woman spat in the polices face when he tried to offer her assistance.
s) malicious, spiteful, prejudicial
a) complimentary, flattering

(n.) generosity in giving, lavish contributions
If i knew someone who gave out largesse gifts then i would want to be their best friend.
s) bounty, munificence
a) stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness