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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
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arrogate
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to claim or take without fight
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banal
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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, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. petty, nagging, criticism
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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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to imitate closely as to become same or better
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ecomium
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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, fitting
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instatiable
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so great or demanding as to not be satisfied
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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insidious
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offensive and hateful
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largesse
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generosity in giving
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reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to
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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
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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