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Vocan unit 1
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11th Grade
08/15/2011

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acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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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; to thrash soundly
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carping
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tending to find fault; especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. petty, nagging criticism
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicke; to make flexible 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, a lavish tribute
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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, fitting
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insatiable
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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invidious
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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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; to give concrete or substantial form to
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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 decision; to compromise
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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