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vocab #1 Flashcards

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able to get or retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property (SYN: greedy, avaricious)

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acquisitive

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to take or claim without right (SYN: commandeer, expropriate)

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arrogate

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hackneyed, trite, commonplace (SYN: stale, insipid)

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banal

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to work on excessively, to thrash soundly (SYN: overwork)

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belabor

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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way (SYN: nit-picking, caviling)

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carping

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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful (SYN: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive)

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coherent

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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid (SYN: harden, jell, solidify)

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congeal

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to imitate with the intent of equalling or surpassing the model (SYN: copy, mimic, rival, match)

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emulate

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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute (SYN: eulogy)

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encomium

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to avoid, to shun, keep away from (SYN: forgo, abstain from)

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eschew

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relevant, appropriate, fitting, apropos (SYN: pertinent)

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germane

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so great or demanding as to not be satisfied (SYN: ravenous, unquenchable)

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insatiable

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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable (SYN: unyielding, obdurate)

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intransigent

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offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness or resentment (SYN: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative)

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invidious

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generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions (SYN: bounty, liberality)

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largesse

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survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination (SYN: exploration)

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reconnaissance

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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to (SYN: confirm, validate, authenticate)

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substantiate

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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little (SYN: tight-lipped, laconic)

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taciturn

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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise (SYN: dilly dally, procrastinate)

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temporize

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capable of being held or defended (SYN: defensible, justifiable, maintainable)

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tenable

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