C.a Vocab 1

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taciturn

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def-habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

'the girl seemed shy and taciturn at first, but opened up to conversation later in the day'

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arrogate

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def-to claim or take without right

'the ceo arrogated the previous ideas of others and boasted them loudly at the cocktail party'

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germane

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def-relevant, appropriate, apropos

'most questions asked in that class are irrelevant and waste time, but there are germane questions asked on occasion'

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encomium

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def-a formal expression of priase, a lavish tribute

'the professor boasted many encomiums about the award-winning scholar during class one morning'

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acquisitive

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def-able to get and to retain ideas or info; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

'the acquisitive businessman stopped at nothing to get the promotion and pay raise'

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excoriation

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def-a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off skin

'the gruesome excoriation on his left foot was due to excessively wearing small shoes'

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insatiable

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def-so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied

'the young mans insatiable need for drugs led to his admittance in a rehab clinic'

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carping

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def-adj-tending to find fault, esp in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way. noun-petty, nagging criticism

'the carping music instructor scolded the singer for going sharp on one note in the entire piece'

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tenable

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def-capable of being held or defended

'the politicians tenable views made him very popular as people were able to defend his values'

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largesse

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def-generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

'the largesse oprah gave to the charity was only a fraction of her annual contributions'

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invidious

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def-offensice, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment

'the burn book in mean girls had nasty and invidious comments written about every girl in the school'

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reconnaissance

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def-a survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or exam.

'a drug test is a key example of a reconnaissance given prior to training'

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coherent

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def-holding or sticking together, making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

'the coherent best friends had never been apart for more than a week'

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banal

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def-hackneyed, trite, commonplace

'instead of being creative and inspiring like usual, the artist's work was simply banal.

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eschew

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def-to avoid, shun, keep away from

'after the messy and painful breakup, the girl kept her distance and eschewed her ex'

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intransigent

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def-refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

'the young couples intransigent issues over money forshadowed their early divorce'

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substantiate

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def-to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.

'the boy substantiated the flat basketball by filling it up with air'

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temporize

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def-to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

'spending 20 minutes temporizing with weekend stories is a good strategy for people who havent completed homework'

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congeal

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def-to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

'the mixture finally congealed into ice cream after sitting in the freezer for an hour'

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emulate

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def-to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

'the apprentice worked hard to emulate the masters every move and step'

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belabor

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def- to work on excessively, to thrash soundly

'the excessive belaboring of the student was done in part because the teacher was racist'

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ramify

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def-to divide and spread out like branches, to seperate into divisions

'the coach will ramify the basketball teams into varsity, jv, and freshman'