| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information |
| 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 |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; making a logical whole |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise; irreconcilable |
| 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 |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| 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 preliminary inspection or examination |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet. |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time or avoid confrontation |
