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Honors English 10 - Vocab List 1
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English
10th Grade
09/09/2010
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Acquisitive
 Definition
Eager to Gain and possess
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Arrogate
 Definition
To Claim or sieze without justification
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Banal
 Definition
Lacking Freshness
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Belabor
 Definition
To thrash soundly, talk excessively about something
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Carping
 Definition
Tending to find fault
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Coherent
 Definition
Have Clarity or intelligibility
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Congeal
 Definition
To Jell
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Emulate
 Definition
To Strive to equal,usually by copying
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Ecomium
 Definition
High Praise
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Eschew
 Definition
To shun or avoid ; put down
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Germane
 Definition
Revealant to the topic being discussed
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Insatiable
 Definition
Cannot be satisified
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Intransigent
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Stubborn
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Invidious
 Definition
Tending to cause envy
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Largesse
 Definition
A generous donation
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Reconnaissance
 Definition
Observation of enemy territory
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Substantiate
 Definition
To verify, give support
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Taciturn
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Shy
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Temporize
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To Stall for time
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Tenable
 Definition
Capable of being held or defended
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