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acquisitive

Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

arrogate

To claim or take without right

banal

Hackneyed

belabor

To work on excessively; to thrash soundly

carping

Tending to find fault

coherent

Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible

congeal

To change from liquid to solid

emulate

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

encomium

A formal expression of praise

eschew

To avoid

germane

Relevant

insatiable

So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

intransigent

Refusing to compromise

invidious

Offensive

largesse

Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

reconnaissance

A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

substantiate

To establish by evidence

taciturn

Habitually silent or quiet

temporize

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time

tenable

Capable of being held or defended

accost

To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

animadversion

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

avid

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

brackish

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

celerity

Swiftness

devious

Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

gambit

An opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece to gain an advantage; any opening move of this type

halcyon

A legendary bird; calm

histrionic

Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical

incendiary

Deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up strife; an arsonist or one who causes strife

maelstrom

A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

myopic

Nearsighted; lacking a broad

overt

Open

pejorative

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement

propriety

The state of being proper

sacrilege

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

summarily

Without delay or formality; briefly

suppliant

Asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly

talisman

An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers

undulate

To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form