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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