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40 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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able to retain info.
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with aquiring wealth or property |
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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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overwork
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
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carping
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finding fault- a nagging
tending to find fault, in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism |
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coherent
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comprehensable
, meaningful; holding or sticking together |
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congeal
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liquid to solid, harden thicken, make inflexible or rigid
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emulate
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copy
imitate with intent to equal or surpass 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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shun
avoid, shun, keep away from |
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germane
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relevant
appropriate, fitting |
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insatiable
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unable to be satisfied
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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invidious
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offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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largess
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contribution
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
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reconnaissance
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survey made for military purposes, preliminary inspection or examination
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substantiaate
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prove, establish by evidence, give concrete form to
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taciturn
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silent
habitually silent or quiet |
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temporize
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stall; avoid confrontation;postpone decision; compromise
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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accost
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to talk to first; confront in aggressive way
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animadversion
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a comment showing disapproval or criticism
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avid
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intensely eager
desirous to the point of greed |
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brackish
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salty, unpleasant to drink
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celerity
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swiftness
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devious
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straying from path
shifty |
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gambit
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opening move
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halcyon
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bird identified with kingfisher
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histrionic
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theatrical, melodramatic
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incendiary
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setting fires, stir up strife or rebellion
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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myopic
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nearsighted, lacking broad realistic view of a situation, lacking foresight or discernment
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overt
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opp. of covert- open.
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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pejorative
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tending to make worse, expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling
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propriety
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state of being proper, appropriateness
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sacrilege
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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summarily
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brief, without delay or formality, breifly, concisely
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suppliant
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humble petitioner, suitor; asking humbly and earnestly
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talisman
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charm, amulet, fetish
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undulate
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move like a wave
move in waves or with wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form. |
