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22 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information
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Arrogate
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to claim or take without right
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Banal
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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Belabor
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to work excessively
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Carping
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tending to find fault in a petty, nasty, hairsplitting way
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Coherent
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making a logical whole
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Congeal
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to change from a liquid to a solid
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Emulate
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to immitate with the intent of equaling
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Encomium
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a formal praise, tribute
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Eschew
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to shun, avoid, or keep away from
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Excoriation
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stripping off the skin
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Germane
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relevant, appropriate
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Insatiable
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so great that it cannot be satisfied
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Intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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Invidious
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offensive, hateful
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Largeese
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generosity in giving
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Ramify
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to divide out like branches
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Reconnaissance
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survey made for military services
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Substantiate
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to establish by evidence
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Taciturn
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inclined to talk
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Temporize
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to stall in order to gain time
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Tenable
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capable of being defended
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