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Unit 1 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquisitive | adj. able to get and retain ideas or information concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| Belabor | v. to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| Largesse | n. generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| Banal | adj. hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| Coherent | adj. holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| Insatiable | adj. so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| Substantiate | v. to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
| Tenable | adj. capable of being held or defended |
| Emulate | v. to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| Germane | adj. relevant, appropriate, fitting |