| A | B |
|---|
| acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas, information, or wealth |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | commonplace |
| belabor | to thrash soundly |
| carping | petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | to make inflexible or rigid |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| encomium | a lavish tribute |
| eschew | keep away from |
| germane | relevant, appropriate |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| invidious | offensive, hateful |
| largesse | generosity in giving |
| reconnaissance | any kind of preliminary inspection |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
