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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
- 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, thicken; 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 to not be satisfied
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intransigent
- adj
- refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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invidious
- adj
- offensive, hateful; tending ot 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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taciturn
- adj
- habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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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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