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10 Cards in this Set
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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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Acquisitive (Syn.)
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Greedy, Grasping, Avaricious, Retentive
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Arrogate
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(v.) to claim or take without right
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Arrogate (Syn.)
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Expropriate, Usurp, Commandeer
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Banal
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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Banal (Syn.)
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Stale, Insipid
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Belabor
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(v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly
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Belabor (Syn.)
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Overwork
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Carping
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
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Carping (Syn.)
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Nit-Picking, Caviling
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