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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive
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(adj.) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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Arrogate
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(v.) To claim or take without right
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Banal
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(adj.) Lacking in originality, as to be boring and obvious; commonplace
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Belabor
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(v.) To work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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Carping
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(adj.) Tending to find fault in petty, nasty or hairsplitting ways. (n.) Petty, nagging criticism
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Coherent
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(adj.) Holding or sticking together, making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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Congeal
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(v.) To change from liquid to solid; thicken
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Emulate
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(v.) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Encomium
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(n.) A formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute
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Eschew
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(v.) To avoid, shun, keep away from
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Germane
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(adj.) Relevant, appropriate, fitting
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Insatiable
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(adj.) So great or demanding as to not be satisfied
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Intransigent
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(adj.) Refusing to compromise
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Invidious
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(adj.) Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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Largesse
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(n.) Generosity in giving
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Reconnaissance
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(n.) A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or exam
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Substantiate
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(v.) To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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Taciturn
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(adj.) Habitually silent or quiet; inclined to talk very little
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Temporize
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(v.) To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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Tenable
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(adj.) Capable of being held or defended
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