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Vocab Unit 1
Vocab
20
Language - English
10th Grade
11/26/2012

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acquisitive
Definition
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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Arrogate
Definition
(v.) to claim or take without right
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banal
Definition
(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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belabor
Definition
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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carping
Definition
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism.
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coherent
Definition
(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
Definition
(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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encomium
Definition
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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eschew
Definition
(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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germane
Definition
(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
Definition
(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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substantiate
Definition
(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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taciturn
Definition
(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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temporize
Definition
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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tenable
Definition
(adj.) capable of being held or defended
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