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English 4 honors
week 1 vocab
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English
12th Grade
01/31/2013

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What part of speech is acquisitive?
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Adjective
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What part of speech is arrogate?
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Verb
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What part of speech is banal?
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Adjective
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What part of speech is belabor?
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Verb
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What part of speech is carping?
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Adjective
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What part of speech is coherent?
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Adjective
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What part of speech is congeal?
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Verb
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What part of speech is emulate?
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Verb
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What part of speech is encomium?
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Noun
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What part of speech is eschew?
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Define acquisitive:
Definition
tending or seeking to acquire and own
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Define arrogate:
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to claim or appropriate for oneself presumptuously or without justification
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Define banal:
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devoid of freshness or originality
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Define belabor:
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to beat, hit or repeate
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Define carping:
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to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably
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Define coherent:
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capable of logical and consistent speech, thought, etc
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Define congeal:
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to change or cause to change from a soft or fluid state to a firm or solid state
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Define emulate:
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imitate with effort to equal or surpass
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Define encomium:
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a formal expression of high praise
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Define eschew:
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to abstain or keep away from
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Syn and Ant of acquisitive:
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Greed and Austere
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Syn and Ant of arrogate:
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Assume/seize and Give/hand over
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Syn and Ant of banal:
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Common/boring and Original/new
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Syn and Ant of belabor:
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Overdo and Ignore/Neglect
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Syn and Ant of carping:
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Nagging and Praising/flattering
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Syn and Ant of coherent:
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Understandable and incomprehensible
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Syn and Ant of congeal:
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Solidify and Liquify
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Syn and Ant of emulate:
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Rival/mimic and Differ/oppose/new/original
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Syn and Ant of encomium:
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Compliment and Critcise
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Syn and Ant of eschew:
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Avoid and embrace
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