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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 info
converned 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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to work on excessivly
to thrash soundly |
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carping
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tending to find fault
nagging critizism |
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coherent
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holding or sticking together
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid
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emulate
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imitate with the intent of equaling 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, appropriate
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insatiable
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so great or demandin as not to be satisfied
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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
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largesse
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generosity in giving, lavish
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cevonnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence
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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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