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Vocab 1
Modern Lit, Ms. O, Vocab list 1
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English
10th Grade
09/16/2010

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Acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information;

concerned acquiring property

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Arrogate
Definition
To claim or take without right
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Banal
Definition
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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Belabor
Definition

to work on excessively;

to thrash soundly

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Carping
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tend to find fault, especially in petty, nasty way
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Coherent
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holding or sticking together, make logical, meaningful
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Congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken
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Emulate
Definition
to imitate with intent of equaling or surpassing model
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Encomium
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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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Eschew
Definition
to avoid, shun, keep away from
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Germane
Definition
relevant, appropriate, fitting
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Insatiable
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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Intransigent
Definition
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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Invidious
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offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness & resentment
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Largesse
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generosity in giving;

lavish or bountiful contributions

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Reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes;

any kind of exam

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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 silence or quiet, talk very little
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Temporize
Definition
stall or act evasively in order to gain time, compromise
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Tenable
Definition
capable of being held or defended
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