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Unit 1-3 vocabulary
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12th Grade
08/21/2008

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acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information
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arrogate
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to claim or take without right
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banal
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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carping
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(adj) tending to find fault
(n) petty, nagging criticism
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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emulate
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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encomium
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a formal expression of praise
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eschew
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
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germane
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relevant, appropriate
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insatiable
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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instransigent
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refusing to compromise
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invidious
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offensive, hateful
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largesse
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove
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taciturn
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decission; to compromise
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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