Chap 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Arrogate

V

A

To claim or take without right

To steal

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Acquisitive

Adj

A

able to get and retain ideas or information

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Banal

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Boring

Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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Belabor

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To over use

To work on excessively

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4
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Carping

A

Nagging

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Coherent

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Holding or sticking together

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Congeal

V

A

To thicken

To change from liquid to solid

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Emulate

A

To copy

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8
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Encomium

A

A speach

A formal expression or praise

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Eschew

V

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To avoid, shun, keep away from

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Germane

A

To the point

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Insatiable

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never done or full

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12
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Intransigent

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Stubborn

refusing to compromise

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Invidious

Adj

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Offensive, hateful

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14
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Largesse

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So much that you want to give it away

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15
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Reconnaissance

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A survey made for military purposes

16
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Substantiate

V

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To establish by evidence

prove

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Taciturn

Adj

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Habitually silent or quite

18
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Temporize

V

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Stalling in order to waste time

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Tenable

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Capable of being held or defended