| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | Able to get and to retain ideas or information, concerned with acquirig wealth or property |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | to work on excessivly; to thrash soundly |
| carping | tending to find fault, especially in a pertty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equalling or surpassing the model |
| encomimum | a formal expression or praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| excoriation | a strong denunication; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, apropos |
| insatiable | so great or demanding that it cannot be satisified |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise, irreconciable |
| invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| ramify | to divide and spread out like branches, to seperate into divisions |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or ecamination |
| 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 |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken |
