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11 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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-able to get and retain ideas or information;
- concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
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arrogate
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to claim 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 on excessively
-to thrash soundly |
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carping
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-tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way (adj)
-petty, nagging crticism (noun) |
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coherent
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-holding or sticking together
-making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
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congeal
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to change from a 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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eschew
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
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excoriation
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-a strong denunciation
-the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin |
