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14 Cards in this Set
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encomium
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a formal expression of priase, lavish tribute
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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eschew
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
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acquisitive
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able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiriing wealth or property
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emulate
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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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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excorriation
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a strong denunciation; the act of stripping or wearing off the skin
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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carping
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tending to find fault, especiallly in a pety, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
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ramify
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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temporize
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to stall orr act evasivley in order to gain time
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largesse
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generorsity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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