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