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Vocab Unit 1
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English
9th Grade
09/07/2011

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Acquiesce
Definition
able to gain and retain information or ideas; concerned with gaining wealth or property
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Arrogate
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To claim without right
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Banal
Definition
Hackneyed, commonplace, trite
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Belabor
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To work on excessively; thrash soundly
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Carping
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Always finding fault in a nasty way; nagging sarcasm
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Coherent
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Fit together; stick together well; make logical whole
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Congeal
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To make firmer or more rigid; turn from a liquid to a solid
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Emulate
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To imitate with the intent of surpassing or equalling model
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Encomium
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Formal praise; lavish tribute
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Eschew
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To shun, stay away from, avoid
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Germane
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Fitting, appropriate
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Insatiable
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So great or demanding as to not be satisfied
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Intransidgent
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Refusing to comprimise
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Invidious
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Hateful or offensive; usually causes bittnerness or resentment
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Largess
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Genorous in giving; large contributions
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Reconnaissance
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Military survery; used for any preliminary inspection or examination
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Substantiate
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To prove with evidence
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Taciturn
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Habitually quiet
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Temporize
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To stall in order to gain time to avoid confrontation
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Tenable
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Capable of being held or defended
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