Ap Ca Iv Vocab #1

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acquisitive

Back 1

ADJECTIVE
1) able to get and to retain ideas or information
2) concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Front 2

arrogate

Back 2

VERB
1) to claim or to take without right

Front 3

banal

Back 3

ADJECTIVE
1) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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belabor

Back 4

VERB
1) to work on excessively
2) to thrash soundly

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carping

Back 5

ADJECTIVE, NOUN
1) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
2) petty, nagging criticism

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coherent

Back 6

ADJECTIVE
1) holding or sticking together: making a logical whole: comprenhensible, meaningful

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congeal

Back 7

VERB
1) to change from liquid to solid, thicken
2) to make inflexible or rigid

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emulate

Back 8

VERB
1) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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encomium

Back 9

NOUN
1) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

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excoriation

Back 10

NOUN
1) a strong denunciation
2) the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin

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germane

Back 11

ADJECTIVE
1) relevant, appropriate, apropos

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insatiable

Back 12

ADJECTIVE
1) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied

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intransigent

Back 13

ADJECTIVE
1) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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invidious

Back 14

ADJECTIVE
1) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment

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largesse

Back 15

NOUN
1) generosity in giving
2) lavish or bountiful contributions

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ramify

Back 16

VERB
1) to divide and spread out like branches, to separate into divisions

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reconnaissance

Back 17

NOUN
1) a survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

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substantiate

Back 18

VERB
1) to establish by evidence, prove: to give concrete or substantial form to

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taciturn

Back 19

ADJECTIVE
1) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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temporize

Back 20

VERB
1) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision
2) to compromise

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tenable

Back 21

ADJECTIVE
1) capable of being held or defended