| A | B |
|---|
| encomium | formal expression of praise |
| coherent | holding or sticking together, comprehensible |
| belabor | work on excessively |
| eshew | to avoid |
| acquisitive | able to get and to retain ideas or information |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| arrogate | to claim or take w/o right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| excoriation | a strong denunciation, wearing off the skin |
| congeal | the change from liquid to slod, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid |
| carping | tending to find fault |
| substantiate | establish by evidence, proove |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time |
| largesse | generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| insatiable | so great it cannot be satisfied |
| germaine | -relevent, appropiants, apropos |
| ramify | to devide and spread out like branches |
| taciturn | habitially silent or quiet |
| invidious | offensive, hateful, tending tocuase bitterness |
