| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | (adj) able to get & retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| arrogate | (v) to claim or take withoug guilt |
| banal | (adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | (v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| carping | (adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | (adj) holding or sticking together, making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | (v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid |
| emulate | (v) to imitate with the intent of equating or surpassing the model |
| encomium | (n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | (v) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | (adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | (adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| invidious | (adj) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | (n) generously in giving lavish or bountiful contributions |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| substantiate | (v) toestablish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
| taciturn | (adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| temporize | (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| tenable | (adj) capable of being held or defended |
