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