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Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 1
SsS
5
Language - English
10th Grade
06/09/2009

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Term
acquisitive
Definition
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
syn: greedy, avaricious
ant: altruistic, unretentive
Term
arrogate
Definition
(v.) to claim or take without right

syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ant: relinquish, abandon
Term
banal
Definition
(adj.) hackneyed, trite

syn: stale
ant: fresh, new
Term
belabor
Definition
(v) to work on excessively, to thrash soundly

syn: overwork
Term
carping
Definition
(adj) tending to find fault nastily, (n) petty, nagging criticism

syn: nit-picking
ant: approving
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