Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Acquisitive

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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

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Arrogate

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(v.) to claim or take without right

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Coherent

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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

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Encomium

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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

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Eschew

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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from

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Excoriation

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(n.) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin

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Tenable

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(adj.) capable of being held or defended

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Insatiable

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A desire that cannot be satisfied

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Germane

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relevant or appropriate

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ramify

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To spread out or divide like branches, to separate into divisions