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Sadlier Oxford Level G Unit 1

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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property   acquisitive  
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to claim or take without right   arrogate  
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace, unoriginal   banal  
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly   belabor  
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tending to find fault, especially in a petty or nasty way   carping  
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful   coherent  
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid   congeal  
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model   emulate  
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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute   encomium  
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to avoid, shun, keep away from   eschew  
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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting   germane  
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied   insatiable  
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable   intransigent  
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment   invidious  
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions   largesse  
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination   reconnaissance  
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to   substantiate  
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little   taciturn  
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise   temporize  
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capable of being held or defended   tenable  
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tenable: part of speech   adjective  
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temporize: part of speech   verb  
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taciturn: part of speech   adjective  
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substantiate: part of speech   verb  
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reconnaissance: part of speech   noun  
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