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Vocabulary unit 6

CCR English. Vocabulary unit 6. In an acquisitive society, there is a great deal of emphasis on buying and selling. Synonym: greedy. Acquisitive. The ambitious noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and arrogate royal privileges to themselves. Synonym: usurp. Arrogate.

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Vocabulary unit 6

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  1. CCR English Vocabulary unit 6

  2. In an acquisitive society, there is a great deal of emphasis on buying and selling. Synonym: greedy Acquisitive

  3. The ambitious noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and arrogate royal privileges to themselves. Synonym: usurp Arrogate

  4. The new play’s banal dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera than a serious drama. Synonym: stale banal

  5. The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the carping complaints of the sales manager. Most artists choose to ignore the carping of critics and simply go on with their work. Synonym: nit-picking carping

  6. The physics teacher gave a surprisingly coherent description of quantum mechanics. Synonym: unified coherent

  7. If you do not wash your dishes right away, the food on them will congeal. Synonym: solidify congeal

  8. Most beginning writers try to emulate a great writer and later develop their own individual styles. Synonym: mimic Emulate

  9. On Veterans Day, the President delivered a heartfelt encomium to those who died for their country. Synonym: eulogy encomium

  10. The young athletes promised the coach that they would train vigorously and eschew bad habits. Synonym: steer clear of eschew

  11. Bringing up examples from the past is not germane to the present discussion. Synonym: Pertinent Germane

  12. People with an insatiable appetite form gossip often do not have compelling stories of their own. Synonym: unquenchable The answer to INSATIABLE on the quiz is K Insatiable

  13. Little will get accomplished if the legislators of both parties maintain their intransigent attitudes. Synonym: unyielding intransigent

  14. Teachers should avoid making invidious comparisons between their students. Synonym: spiteful invidious

  15. The university was the fortunate beneficiary of the largesse of many of its graduates. Synonym: bounty largesse

  16. The field officer required a thorough reconnaissance before ordering any troop movements. Synonym: scouting expedition reconnaissance

  17. The prospector was unable to substantiate his claim to the land where the gold was found. Synonym: validate substantiate

  18. Abraham Lincoln has the reputation of having a dour and taciturn personality. Synonym: Tight-lipped taciturn

  19. For most of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, the protagonist Hamlet chooses to temporize rather than act. Synonym: Procrastinate temporize

  20. The researchers put forth a tenable theory, but their conclusions would be reviewed carefully by others. Synonym: justifiable tenable

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