Unit 1 SAT Terms Flashcards

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Arrogate

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(v.)

To claim or take without right

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Acquisitive

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(adj.)

Able to get and retain ideas or information ; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

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Banal

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(adj.)

Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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Belabor

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(v.)

To work on excessively ; to thrash soundly.

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Carping

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(adj.)
Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way.
(n.)
Petty, nagging criticism.

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Coherent

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(adj.)

Holding or sticking together ; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

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Congeal

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(v.)

To change from liquid to solid, thicken ; to make inflexible or rigid.

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Emulate

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(v.)

To imitate with the intent of equalling or surpassing the model.

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Encomium

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(n.)

A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.

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Eschew

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(v.)

To avoid, shun, keep away from.

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Germane

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(adj.)

Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.

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Insatiable

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(adj.)

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied.

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Intransigent

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(adj.)

Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.

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Invidious

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(adj.)

Offensive, hateful ; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

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Largesse

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(n.)

Generosity in giving ; lavish or bountiful contributions.

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Reconnaissance

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(n.)

A survey made for military purposes ; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.

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Substantiate

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(v.)

To establish by evidence, prove ; to give concrete or substantial form to.

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Taciturn

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(adj.)

Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.