Unit 1 Vocab (definitions) Flashcards

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(adj). able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

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acquisitive

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(v). to claim or take without right

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arrogate

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(adj). hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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banal

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(v). to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

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belabor

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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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carping

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(adj). holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meanigful

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coherent

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offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness or resentment

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invidious

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(v). to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

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congeal

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(v). to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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emulate

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(n). a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

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encomium

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(v). to avoid, shun, keep away from

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eschew

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(adj). relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

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germane

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(adj). so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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insatiable

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(adj). refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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intransigent

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(n). generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

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largesse

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(n). a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

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reconnaissance

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(v). to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

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substantiate

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(adj). habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

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taciturn

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(v). to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

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temporize

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(adj). capable of being held or defended

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tenable