| A | B |
|---|
| encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible |
| belabor | to work excessively; to thrash soundly |
| eschew | to avoid, shun keep away |
| acquisitive | able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| excoriation | a strong denunciation, the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin |
| congeal | to change from a liquid to a solid, thicken, make inflexible |
| carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty way; nagging |
| substantiate | to establish evidence; prove |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confusion, or postpone a decision |
| largesse | genrosity in giving; lavish; bountiful |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| insatiable | so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied |
| reconaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, |
| ramify | to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise; irreconcilable |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness or resentment |
