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20 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 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 on excessively
-to thrash soundly |
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CARPING
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-tending to find fault
-petty, nagging critism |
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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 a soil, harden thicken
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EMULATE
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-to imitate with the intent of qualing or surpassing the model
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ENCOMIUM
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-a formal expression of praise
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ESCHEW
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-to avoid, shun, keep away from
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GERMANE
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-relevant
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INSATIABLE
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-can't be satified
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INTRANSIGENT
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-refusing to compromise
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INVIDIOUS
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-offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness or resentment
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LARGESSE
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-generousity in giving
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RECONNASISSANCE
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-a survey made for military purposes, scouting expedition
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SUBSTANTIATE
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-to establish by evidence, prove
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TACITURN
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-habitually silent or quiet
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TEMPORIZE
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-to stall or act evasively in order to gain time
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TENABLE
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-capable of being held or defended
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