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22 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive |
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arrogate
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(v) to claim or take without right
to expropriate, usurp, commandeer |
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
stale, trite, hackneyed |
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belabor
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(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
to beat into the ground, 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 nit-picking, hairsplitting, caviling |
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coherent
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(adj) holding or sticking togeter; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
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congeal
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(v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken
to harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
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emulate
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
to copy, imitate, mimic |
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encomium
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(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
a tribute, panegyric, eulogy |
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eschew
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(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
to steer clear of, shun, avoid |
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excoriation
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(n) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin
a denunciation, castigation, censure |
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germane
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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos
pertinent, relevant, apropos |
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insatiable
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(adj) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
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invidious
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(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative |
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largesse
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(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty |
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ramify
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(v) to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions
to branch out, extend into |
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reconnaissance
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(n)a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
a scouting expedition, survey |
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substantiate
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(v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substational form to
to verify, prove, confirm, validate |
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taciturn
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(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
tight-lipped, uncommunicative |
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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
to hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended
defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
