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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive
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Able to get or retain ideas or information; concerned with aquiring wealth or property
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ideas/money
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Arrogate
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To clain or take without right
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Hey! That's not fair!
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Banal
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Hackneyed, trite, commenplace
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Same ol', same ol'.
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Belabor
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To work on excessively, to thrash soundly
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I've been working on this forever!
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Carping
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Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way.
Petty, nagging criticism |
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Coherent
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Holding or sticking together, making a logical whole, comprehensible, meaningful
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I understand...
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Congeal
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To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid.
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Emulate
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To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Encomium
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A formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute
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Thank you! Thank you!
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Eschew
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To avoid, shun, keep away from
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Stay away from that kid!
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Germane
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Relevent, appropriate, fitting
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Insatiable
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So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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I can't get no satisfaction. :-(
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Intransigent
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Refusing to cooperate; irreconcilable
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NO!
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Invidious
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Offensive, hatefule; tenting to cause bitterness
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Largesse
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Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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Reconnaissance
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A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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Substantiate
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To establish by evidence, rpove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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Taciturn
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Habitually silent; talk very little
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Temporize
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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrentation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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Tenable
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Capable of being held or defended
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