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Vocab Unit 1
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11th Grade
09/26/2012
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Acquisitive
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Concerned with acquiring wealth
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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 excessively
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Carping
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tending to find fault
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Coherent
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making a logical whole; comprehensible
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Congeal
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To change from liquid to solid
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Emulate
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing
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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, apropos
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Insatiable
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so great as not to be satisfied
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Intransigent
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Refusing to compromise
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Indvidious
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offensive, hateful
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Largesse
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Generous in giving
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Reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes
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Substantiate
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to establish by evidence; prove
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Taciturn
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habitually quiet
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Temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time
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Tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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