| A | B |
|---|
| the formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute | encomium |
| holding or sticking together; making a logical whole, comprehensible, meaningful | coheret |
| to work on excessively, to thrash soundly | belabor |
| to avoid, shun, keep away from | aschew |
| able to get and to retain ideas or information, concerned with aquiring wealth or property | acquisitive |
| to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model | emulate |
| to claim or take without right | arrogate |
| hackeyed, trite, commonplace | banal |
| a strong denunciation, the act of state of stripping or wearing off skin | excoration |
| to change from a liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid | congealed |
| tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairspliting way, (n) petty nagging criticism | carping |
| to establish by evidence, rpove, to give concrete or substantial form to | substantiate |
| to stall or act evasively in order to gain time , avoid a confrontation, or postpone a dicision, to compromise | temporize |
| generosity in giving, lavish ir bountiful contributions | largesse |
| capable of being held or defended | tenable |
| so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied | insatiable |
| a survay made for military purposes any kind of preliminary inspecction or examination | reconnaissance |
| relevant, appropriate, apropos | germane |
| to divide and spread out like branches, to separate into divisions | ramify |
| refusing to compromise, irreconciliable | intransigent |
| habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk | taciturn |
| offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment | invidious |
