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acquisitive
(adj.) able to get and to 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 pett, nasty or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism
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coherent
(adj) holding or sticking together; making a locical 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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excoriation
(n) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin
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germane
(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropros
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insatiable
(adj) so great or demanding that it cannot 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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ramify
(v) to divide and spread out like branches, to separate into divisons
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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 concreate 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 staff 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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