Acquisitive

1. Acquisitive Adj. able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.

2. (adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property I think of moms when this word comes to mind, because mothers are always looking for information about their children and their friends. Acquisitive

3. Arrogate • (v.) to claim or take without right

4. Arrogate (v.) to claim or take without right The soldiers shot Arrows at the Gate trying to commandeer the fort. Arrow-Gate: Arrogate

5. Arrogate • v. to claim without right Having things taken without right sure does aggravate

6. Banal • Adjective • Drearily commonplace and often predictable • Hackneyed, trite, commonplace, stale, or insipid How to remember? Banal = Ban Al Al Gore was “banned” from the presidency because of his “banal” ideas. BanAl

7. Banal Definition: Hackneyed, Trite, Commonplace “Ban the Banal” or “Bland Banal” Ban the commonplace people. Ban kind of rhythms with Banal. You want to live with people that have spark and interest you, not people who are Bland.

8. Belabor (v.) To work on excessively; to thrash soundly; over work.

9. Belabor • To work on excessively, to thrash soundly • Labor = Work

10. Belabor • (v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly • If you belabor something it will be in labor all the time • Body builders belabor their muscles.

11. Carping • Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism Way to remember – a carp (fish) nags at the fishing line

12. (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism Example – a carping critic, criticizing a authors’ work. carping

13. Carping • (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way • (n.) petty, nagging, criticism • When you eat in a carpeted room your mom inspects the carpet to find faults and nags at you if you spill something.

14. Coherent Adj.- Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive Antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed Sarah Palin’s speech in the republican convention was very coherent and meaningful to the audience. Ways To Remember: *co-ed: or putting 2 people working together or collaborating *plastic wrap sticks to itself or together * 2 “co”worker’s “her” a speech about “rent”ing out an office space and decide they will work together to get it

15. COHERENT adj. holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful …Synonyms: Connected Unified Consistent Cohesive Conner Davis- 3rd

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

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

18. Congeal • To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid • If you are a convict that is in jail (conjail sounds like congeal) it thickens you because you have to be rigid and tough to survive; makes you solid

19. Aimee Robinson Congeal Congeal Congeal Definition: (verb)to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid Gel “Geal” rhymes with “meal” Jell-O Oatmeal

20. Emulate • (V.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

21. Eschew Definition: (verb) to avoid, shun, keep away from. Picture Explanation: The word Eschew sounds like the sound AHHCHOOO. So when someone sneezes and it sprays everywhere, you want to stay away from them.

22. Eschew To avoid , shun keep away from. The shoe had poop on it so you will want to keep away from it. Poop shoe=eschew

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

24. Germane • Germane- (adj.) relevant appropriate, apropos, fitting • Synonyms- pertinent • Antonyms- irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate • In order to retain the definition of germane you can use a shortcut through an idea or expression. • It helps to think of an object or animal also. • So for germane I would think of a lion and how its mane is an appropriate fit to a lion to emphasis its power.

25. Germane • Adjective • Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting • Synonym: pertinent • Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate Ways to remember • Relevant to the “main” point

26. Germane • (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting Example: Her story is not germane to the subject.

27. Insatiable (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied. SYNONYMS: unquenchable voracious

28. Insatiable • Adj. So great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

29. INSATIABLE • Adjective • So great or demanding as not to be satisfied; unquenchable, ravenous, voracious. • The prefix “in-” implies “not”; “sati-” in the middle suggests “satisfy” and the suffix “-able” generally indicates an adjective.

30. (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding In: not Trans: change Intransigent

31. Intransigent A person who is transient moves around and does not stay in one place for a very long time. They will easily compromise and make change, if a person is in intransigent they are completely opposite of a transient person. They are unwilling to change their lifestyle or views. Definition- (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

32. Intransigent -(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable Syn: uncompromising Ant: yielding

33. Invidious (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment Vicious: Invidious

34. Invidious; Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment Last weekend, I realized I had accidentally thrown out my favorite video tapes that I had made, and I was extremely invidious at myself.

35. Largesse • (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions • Largesse- a large amount and then the s represents sum because it usually refers to money of giving away Example: Mad for Plaid

36. Largesse Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

37. propriety The beginning of the word is “propr” which sounds similar to “proper” Noun. The state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper and socially acceptable.

38. Reconnaissance • A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examiniation • Recon team- a team that goes in and scouts before hand

39. Reconnaissance A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

40. Rec nnaissance O By: Eleanor Aldous O Sometimes James Bond is sent into enemy territory to recover military photos or any kind of information for military purposes. 7 Work Cited Sahu, Nina. James Bond. Tope News Light Reading, London. 10 Sep. 2008<www.topnews.in/light/files/James-Bond.jpg>. (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

41. Substantiate (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.

42. Substantiate (v.) To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to. Related to the word substantial, meaning large. EX. There is substantial evidence to prove the existence of dinosaurs.

43. Taciturn (adj)- habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little The soft “c”i sound in taciturn is like the “s”i of silent ( tacSIturn = SILent)

44. TACITURN (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little Rachael McNeely 3rd

45. Taciturn • Adjective • Habitually silent or quiet • Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic • Antonyms: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose Ways to remember • Timid • Or they“turn”away

46. Temporize • Verb: To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise Example: In a court hearing, the attorneys will often temporize the conviction by a plea of insanity.

47. TEMPORIZE • Verb • To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise; hedge, dillydally, procrastinate. • Stalls or postponements are generally temporary.

48. Sophie Lake Temporize To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise If you had a temp, or a substitute teacher, you would try to trick them and try to stall taking the test, to gain more time to study. Also, compromise, temporize. Rhyme!!

49. Tenable (adj.) capable of being held or defended Syn. Defensible, justifiable, maintainable Ex: how an army defends their country.

50. (adj.) Capable of being held or defended Synonyms- defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms- indefensible, unjustifiable Tenable Pneumonic Device- tenABLE (able to hold, defend, justify or maintain)