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unit 1
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | to work on excessively, to thrash soundly |
| carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
| coherent | holding or sticking together |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| invidious | offensive, hateful |
| largesse | generosity in giving |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quite |
| temporize | to stall |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |