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Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1: Definitions

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223128501acquisitiveable to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property (adj.)
223128503arrogateto claim or take without right (v.)
223128505banalhackneyed, trite, commonplace (adj.)
223128507belaborto work on excessively; to thrash soundly (v.)
223128508carping(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;(N.) petty nagging criticism
223128510coherentholding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful (adj.)
223128512congealto change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid (v.)
223128514emulateto imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model (v.)
223128516encomiuma formal expression of praise; lavish tribute (n.)
223128518eschewto avoid, shun, keep away from (v.)
223128520germanerelevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting (adj.)
223128522insatiableso great or demanding as not to be satisfied (adj.)
223128523intransigentrefusing to compromising, irreconcilable (adj.)
223128525invidiousoffensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment (adj.)
223128527largessegenerosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions (n.)
223128529reconnaissancea survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination (n.)
223128531substantiateto establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to (v.)
223128533taciturnhabitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little (adj.)
223128534temporizeto stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise (v.)
223128536tenablecapable of being held or defended (adj.)

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