Unit 1: Definitions Crossword

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
to claim or take without right.
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
tending to finding fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting
to change form liquid to solid, thicken; to make in flexible or rigid
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
relevant, appropriate, fitting
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
to avoid, shun, keep away from
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
generosity in giving; lavish on bountiful contributions
a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation or postpone a decision; to compromise
capable of being held or defended