| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | able to get or retain ideas; concerned with acquiring property or money |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | commonplace; ordinary |
| belabor | to work on excessively; overwork |
| carping | tending to find fault; nagging criticism |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; understandable |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid |
| emulate | to imitate |
| encomium | formal expression of praise |
| eschew | to avoid or shun |
