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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive (adj.)
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Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth of property.
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Arrogate (v.)
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To claim or take without right.
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Banal (adj.)
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
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Belabor (v.)
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly.
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Carping (adj.)
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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty,nagging criticism.
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Coherent (adj.)
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.
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Congeal (v.)
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to change from a liquid to a solid, thicken; to make inflexible or ridged.
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Emulate (v.)
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.
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Encomium (n.)
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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
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Eschew (v.)
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to avoid, shun, keep away from.
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Germane (adj.)
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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.
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Insatiable (adj.)
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
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Intransigent (adj.)
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.
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Invidious (adj.)
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
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Largesse (n.)
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.
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Reconnaissance (n.)
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.
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Substantiate (v.)
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.
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Taciturn (adj.)
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.
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Temporize (v.)
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision.
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Tenable (adj.)
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capable of being held or defended.
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