Vocabulary Unit #1 - College Prep

For most of Hamlet, the main character choose to TEMPORIZE, rather than get his revenge.

Bringing up issues from the past is not GERMANE to our current problem.

People with an INSATIABLE appetite for gossip usually don't have interesting lives.

The field officer ordered a thorough RECONNAISSANCE before ordering troop movements.

Teachers should avoid making INVIDIOUS comparisons between their students.

The new play's BANAL dialogue made it seem like a soap opera, not a serious drama.

The researchers put forth a TENABLE theory, but their conclusions would still be reviewed.

If you do not wash the dishes right away, the food on them will CONGEAL.

His tendency to BELABOR the small points often made him miss the big picture.

On Veterans Day, the President gave a heartfelt ENCOMIUM to those who died for their country.

Abraham Lincoln had a reputation for having a shy and TACITURN personality.

Most beginning writers try to EMULATE a great writer before developing their own styles.

The young athletes promised to ESCHEW their bad habits and train harder.

The physics teacher gave a surprisingly COHERENT description of quantum mechanics.

The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the CARPING criticism of the manager.

Little will get accomplished if both parties maintain their INTRANSIGENT attitudes.

The university was the fortunate beneficiary of the LARGESSE of many of its graduates.

In an ACQUISITIVE society, there is a great deal of emphasis placed on buying and selling.

The prospector was unable to SUBSTANTIATE his claim to the land where the gold was found.

The noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and ARROGATE all royal privileges.