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22 Cards in this Set
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(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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encomium
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(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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coherent
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(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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exchew
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(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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belabor
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(adj) able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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acquisitive
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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emulate
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(v) to claim or take without right
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arrogate
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(adj) hackneyed,trite, commonplace
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banal
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(n) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin
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excoriation
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(v) to change from liquid or solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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congeal
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(adj) tending to find fault, expecially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism
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carping
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(v)to establish by evidence, prove; to give conrete or substantial form to
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substantiate
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(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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temporize
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(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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largesse
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(adj) capabe of being held or defended
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tenable
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(adj) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
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insatiable
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(n)a survey made for military purposes; any kind of prelijminary inspection or examination
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reconnaissance
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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos
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germane
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(v) to dicdie and spread out like branches; to sperate into divisions
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ramify
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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intransigent
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(adj) habitually silten or quiet, inclinded to talk very little
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taciturn
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(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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invidious
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