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acquisitive
(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property - greedy
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arrogate
(v) to claim or take without right
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banal
(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace - stale
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belabor
(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly - overwork
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carping
(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty,nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty nagging criticism - nit-picking
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coherent
(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful - connnected, consistent
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congeal
(v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid - harden, solidify
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emulate
(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model - mimic
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encomium
(n) a formal esxpression of praise, a lavish tribute
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eschew
(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from - steer clear of
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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 - spiteful
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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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taciturn
(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little - uncommunicative
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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 - dillydally
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tenable
(adj) capable of being held or defended - maintainable
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