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