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Unit 1
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquisitive | Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property. |
| Arrogate | To claim or take without right |
| Banal | Hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| Belabor | to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| Carping | tending to find fault |
| Coherent | Holding or sticking together |
| Congeal | To change from liquid to solid |
| Emulate | To imitate with intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| Encomium | A formal expression of praise |
| Eschew | To avoid, shun, keep away from |