| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of prelimiary inspection or examination |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
