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Details Title: Vocabulary Description: Unit #1 Total Flash Cards: 20 Created: 09/16/2004 06:46:09	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term tenable Definition capable of being held or defended Term temporize Definition to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, procrastinate Term taciturn Definition silent or quiet Term substantiate Definition to establish by evidence, prove Term reconnaissance Definition a survey made for military purposes Term largesse Definition generosity in giving Term invidious Definition offensive, hateful, harsh, bitter, hurtful, nasty Term intransigent Definition refusing to compromise Term insatiable Definition not to be satisfied Term germane Definition relevant Term eschew Definition to avoid, shun, keep away from Term encomium Definition a formal expression of praise, ceremony Term emulate Definition imitate becasue it's good Term congeal Definition thicken Term coherent Definition holding or sticking together, logical, understandable Term carping Definition to find fault, petty, criticism Term belabor Definition to work on excessively, to thrash soundly (verbally) Term banal Definition hackneyed, trite, commonplace, been done again Term arrogate Definition to claim or take without right Term acquisitive Definition able to get, acquiring wealth or property