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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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belabor
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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carping
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; 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, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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emulate
(v.) to imitate with the intent of aqualing 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 prelimiary inspection or examination
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substantiate
(v.) to establish by evidence, to prove; to give concrete or substantial
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temporize
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpose a decision; to compromise
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tenable
(adj.) capable of being help or defended
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taciturn
(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little