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Vocabulary Set 1
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Literature
11th Grade
09/16/2010

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Germane
Definition
Relevant; appropriate.
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Belabor
Definition
Overwork; To work on excessively.
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Coherent
Definition
Making logical, whole, comprehensible
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Congeal
Definition
To solidify, make solid.
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Banal
Definition
Boring, commonplace, trite
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Reconnaissance
Definition
Military survey.
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Tenable
Definition
Defensible; capable of being defended.
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Temporize
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To stall or postpone a decision.
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Inviduous
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Offensive and hateful, spiteful
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Taciturn
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To be habitually quiet and mute.
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Arrogate
Definition
To claim or take without right.
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Carping
Definition
Critical; tending to find fault; nagging criticism.
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Substantiate
Definition
To verify or validate.
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Eschew
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To abstain from, to avoid.
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Insatiable
Definition
Unquenchable, so demanding as not to be satisfied.
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Acquisitive
Definition
Able to acquire things or ideas, possessive.
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Emulate
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Mimic, copy, imitate.
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Intransigent
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Refusing to compromise, stubborn
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Largesse
Definition
Generosity in giving.
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Encomium
Definition
eulogy, formal expression of praise.
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