Vocabulary Flashcards

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acquisitive (ə 'kwiz ə tiv)

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

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arrogate ('a rə gat)

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(v.) to claim or take without right

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banal (bə 'nal)

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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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belabor (bi 'la bər)

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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

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carping ('kär pin)

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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism

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coherent (ko 'her ent)

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

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congeal (kən 'jel)

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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

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emulate ('em yə lat)

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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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encomium (en 'kō me em)

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

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eschew (es 'chü)

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