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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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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; 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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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

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accost

(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

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animadversion

(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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avid

(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

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brackish

(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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celerity

(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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devious

(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or unhanded way

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gambit

(n.) in chess, an opening move that involves a risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

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halcyon

(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

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histrionic

(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

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incendiary

(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one hwo causes strife

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maelstrom

(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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myopic

(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

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overt

(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

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pejorative

(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

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propriety

(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

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sacrilege

(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held scared

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summarily

(adj.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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suppliant

(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

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talisman

(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

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undulate

(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

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articulate

(v.) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; (adj.) expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed

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cavort

(v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

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credence

(n.) belief, mental acceptance

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decry

(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to oficially depreciate

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dissemble

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give false impression

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distraught

(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

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eulogy

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

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evince

(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

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exhume

(v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light

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feckless

(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

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murky

(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

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nefarious

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid or moral standards

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piquant

(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

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primordial

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

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propinquity

(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship

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unwonted

(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

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utopian

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

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verbiage

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner or expression

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verdant

(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

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viscous

(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

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belabor

(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

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taciturn

(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little