Acquisitive
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Arrogate
to claim or take without right
Banal
unoriginal
Belabor
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Carping
Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
Coherent
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Congeal
become gelatinous
Emulate
copy, mimic
Encomium
a formal expression of praise
Eschew
avoid and stay away from deliberately
Germane
relevant
Insatiable
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Intransigent
refusing to compromise
invidious
offensive
largesse
generosity in giving, lavish contributions
Reconnaissance
a survey made for military purposes
Substantiate
confirm, validate
Taciturn
inclined to talk very little
Temporize
to stall or act evasively to gain time
Tenable
capable of being held or defended