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