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Vocab 1
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12th Grade
02/04/2009

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Arrogate
Definition
To claim or take without right
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Acquisitive
Definition
Able to retain ideas or information
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Banal
Definition
Hackneyed,commonplace
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Belabor
Definition
to work on excessively
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Carping
Definition
tending to find fault,pretty nagging criticism
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Coherent
Definition
holding or sticking together
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Congeal
Definition
Change from liquid to solid, thicken to make rigid
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emulate
Definition
imitate with intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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encomium
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a formal exoression of praise
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eschew
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to acoid,shun,keep away from
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germane
Definition
relevant,appropriate,apropos,fitting
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insatiable
Definition
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
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recinnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence,prove to give concrete or substantial
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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
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tenable
Definition
capable of being held or defended
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