1. Vocabulary Unit 1

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

3. What do you think acquisitive means based on the context?
Are there any parts of the word that you know or other words you know like it?

4. Acquisitive Write down the actual definition of acquisitive.
Are there any synonyms or antonyms for acquisitive?

5. Acquisitive Is there an image that can help you remember this word?
Write an original sentence using acquisitive.

6. Arrogate
The ambitious noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and arrogate royal privileges to themselves.

7. Banal
The new play’s banal dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera than a serious drama.

8. Belabor
His tendency to belabor the small points often made him miss the big picture.

9. Carping
The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the carping complaints of the sales manager.

10. Carping
Most artists choose to ignore the carping of critics and simply go on with their work.

11. Coherent
The physics teacher gave a surprisingly coherent description of quantum mechanics.

12. Congeal
If you do not wash your dishes right away, the food on them will congeal.

13. Emulate
Most beginning writers try to emulate a great writer and later develop their own individual styles.

14. Encomium
On Veterans Day, the President delivered a heartfelt encomium to those who died for our country.

15. Eschew
The young athletes promised the coach that they would train vigorously and eschew bad habits.