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Acquisitive
(adj) able to get get/retain ideas/information; concerned with acquiring wealth/property
Arrogate
(v) to claim or take without right
Banal
(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace, boring
Belabor
(v) to work excessively; to thrash soundly
Carping
(v) tending to fight fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty nagging criticism
Coherent
(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Congeal
(v) to change from liquid to solid, to thicken, to make inflexible/rigid
Emulate
(v) to imitate with the intent of equating or surpassing the model
Encomium
(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Eschew
(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
Germane
(adj) relevant, appropriate apropos
Insatiable
(adj) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
Intransigent
(adj) refusing to compromise; irreconcilable
Invidious
(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Largesse
(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Reconnaissance
(n) a survey made for military purpose; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Substantiate
(v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Taciturn
(adj) habitually silent or quiet; inclined to talk very little
Temporize
(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Tenable
(adj) capable of being held or defended again
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