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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain info, acquiring wealth or property |
| arrogate | to claim |
| banal | trite,commonplace |
| belabor | to work on excessively, to thrash soundly |
| carping | tending to find fault |
| coherent | holding together, comprehensible |
| congeal | solid to liquid, thicken |
| emulate | surpassing the model |
| encomium | form of praise |
| eschew | to avoid,shun |
| germane | relevant,appropriate |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| invidious | offensive, hateful |
| largesse | generosity in giving |
| reconnaissance | survey for military purposes |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence |
| taciturn | silent or quiet |
| temporize | to stall |
| tenable | capable of being held |