Sadlier-oxford vocabulary level G unit 1
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acquisitive | (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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arrogate | (v.) to claim or take without right
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banal | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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belabor | (v.) to work on excessively, to thrash soundly
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carping | (adj.) tending to find fault,especially in a petty, nasty, or hairspliting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
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coherent | (adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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congeal | (v.) to change from a liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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emulate | (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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encomium | (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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eschew | (v.) to aviod, shun, keep away from
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germane | (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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insatiable | (adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisified
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intransigent | (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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invidious | (adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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largesse | (n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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reconnaissance | (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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substantiate | (v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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taciturn | (adj.) habitually silent or quiet; inclined to talk very little
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temporize | (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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tenable | (adj.) capable of being held or defended
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acquisitive | synonym greedy
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acquisitive synonym | grasping
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acquisitive synonym | avaricious
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acquisitive synonym | retentive
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acquisitive antonym | altruistic
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acquisitive antonym | unretentive
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arrogate synonym | expropriate
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arrogate synonym | usurp
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arrogate synonym | commandeer
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arrogate antonym | relinquish
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arrogate antonym | renounce
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arrogate antonym | abdicate
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arrogate antonym | abandon
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banal synonym | stale
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banal synonym | insipid
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carping synonym | caviling
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encomium synonym | panegyric
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encomium synonym | eulogy
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encomium synonym | commendation
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encomium antonym | castigation
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insatiable synonym | unquenchable
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insatiable synonym | ravenous
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insatiable synonym | voracious
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intransigent synonym | obdurate
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insatiable antonym | lukewarm
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insatiable antonym | half-hearted
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insatiable antonym | yielding
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invidious syn | pejorative
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invidious antonym | ameliorative
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largesse syn | munificence
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largesse syn | bounty
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largesse ant | niggardliness
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taciturn synonym | laconic
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taciturn ant | garrulous
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taciturn ant | loquacious
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taciturn ant | prolix
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temporize syn | hedge
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