Acquisitive
Adjective
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
arrogate verb
to claim or take without right
Banal adjective
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
belabor verb
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
carping (adjective/noun)
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
Coherent; adjective
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
congeal verb
(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
emulate verb
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
encomium noun
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Eschew verb
to avoid, shun, keep away from
Germane-adjective
(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Insatiable adjective
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
intransigent
adjective
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
invidious adjective
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
largesse noun
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
reconnaissance noun
a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
substantiate verb
(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Taciturn; adjective
(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
temporize verb
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
tenable
adjective
capable of being held or defended