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Acquisitive
Adjective.
Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
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Arrogate
Verb.
Take or claim (something) for oneself without justification.
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Banal
Adjective.
Lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
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Belabor
Verb.
Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail.
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Carping
Adjective
Difficult to please; critical.
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Coherent
Adjective.
Logically connected.
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Congeal
Verb.
To make or become fixed/immobile
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Emulate
Verb.
Match or surpass (a person or achievement)
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Encomium
Noun.
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
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Eschew
Verb.
Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
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Germane
Adjective.
Relevant to a subject under consideration.
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Insatiable
Adjective.
(of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy.
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Intransigent
Adjective.
Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
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Invidious
Adjective
(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
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Largess(e),
Noun.
Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.
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Reconnaissance
Noun.
Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
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Substantiate
Verb.
Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.
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Taciturn
Adjective.
(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
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Temporize
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Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time
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Tenable
Adjective
Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
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