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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive |
Able to get and retain ideas or info |
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Arrogate |
To claim or take without right |
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Banal |
Hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
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Belabor |
To work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
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Carping |
Tending to find fault,especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. |
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Coherent |
Holding or sticking together |
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Congeal |
To change from liquid to solid, thicken. |
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Emulate |
To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpasing the model |
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Encomium |
A formal expression or praise, lavish tribute |
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Eschew |
To avoid, shun, keep away from |
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Germane |
Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
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Insatiable |
So great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
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Intansigent |
Refusing to compromise, Ireconcilable |
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Invidious |
Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
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Largesse |
Generosity in giving |
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Reconnaissance |
A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
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Substantiate |
To establish by evidence, prove |
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Taciturn |
Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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Temporize |
To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation, or postpone a decision |
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Tenable |
Capable of being held or defended |
