English Unit #1

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acquisitive
A2

Back 1

able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with wealth or property
A- altruistic, unretentive

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arrogate
A4

Back 2

to claim or take w/o right
A- relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

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banal
A4

Back 3

hackneyed, trite commonplace
A-fresh,novel,original,new

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belabor
A0

Back 4

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

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carping
A2

Back 5

tending to find faoult especiallt in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
A-approving, uncritical

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coherent
A3

Back 6

holding or sticking together, making a logical whole, comprehensible, meaningful
A-muddled, chaotic, disjointed

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congeal
A2

Back 7

to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid
A-melt, liquefy

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emulate
A0

Back 8

to imitate w/ the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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encomium
A3

Back 9

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
A-condemnation,castigation,criticism

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eschew
A2

Back 10

to avoid, shun, keep away from
A-embrace, adopt

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germane
A3

Back 11

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
A-irrelevent, extraneous, innapropriate

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insatiable
A0

Back 12

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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intransigent
A3

Back 13

refusing to compromise, irreconcibable
A-lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

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invidious
A3

Back 14

offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
A-complimentary, flattery, ameliorative

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largesse
A3

Back 15

generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
A-stinginess, miserliness, niggaraliness

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reconnaissance
A0

Back 16

a survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection of examination

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substantiate
A3

Back 17

to establsih by evidence, prove: top give concrete or substantial form to
A-refuse, disprove, invalidate

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taciturn
A4

Back 18

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
A- garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

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temporize
A0

Back 19

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

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tenable
A2

Back 20

capable of being held or defended
A- indefensible, unjustifiable

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avid

Back 21

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

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animadversion

Back 22

a comment indicating strong criticism or dissaproval

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brackish

Back 23

having a salty tasts and unpleasant to drink

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celerity

Back 24

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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accost

Back 25

to approach and speek to first; to confront in a challenging or aggresive way

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suppliant

Back 26

aking humbly and earnestly

one wh makes a request humbly and earnestly, apetitioner, suitor

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talisman

Back 27

an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

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undulate

Back 28

to movein waves or with a wave like motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

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summarily

Back 29

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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propriety

Back 30

the state of beign propwer, appropriateness

standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

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sacrilege

Back 31

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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pejorative

Back 32

tending to make worse; expressing dissaproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

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overt

Back 33

open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

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myopic

Back 34

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

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maelstrom

Back 35

a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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incendiary

Back 36

deliberately setting or causing fires; designed start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion

one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist, one who causes strife

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histrionic

Back 37

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

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halcyon

Back 38

a legendary bird identified with the king fisher

of or relating to the halcyon, clampeaceful; heppy, golden, prosperous, affluent

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gambit

Back 39

in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

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devious

Back 40

straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way