VWS Unit 1

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VWS Unit 1

1. Acquisitive
2. Arrogate
3. Banal
4. Belabor
5. Carping
6. Coherent
7. Congeal
8. Emulate
9. Encomium
10. Eschew

1. Germane
2. Insatiable
3. Intransigent
4. Invidious
5. Largesse
6. Reconnaissance
7. Substantiate
8. Taciturn
9. Temporize
10. Tenable

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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 hairsplitting 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 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 avoid, 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 satisfied

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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.