- germane: (adj) relevant, appropriate, appropros, fitting
- germane: (syn) pertinent
- germane: (ant) irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
- insatiable: (syn) unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
- insatiable: (adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
- intransigent: (syn) uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
- intransigent: (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
- intransigent: (ant) lukewarm, half-hearted, yielding
- invidious: (syn) malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, perjorative
- invidious: (ant) complimentary, flattering, ameliorative
- invidious: : (adj) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
- largesse: (ant) stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
- largesse: (syn) liberality, manificence, bounty
- largesse: (n) generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
- reconnaissance: (n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
- reconnaissance: (syn) scoutting, expedition
- substantiate: (ant): refute, disprove, invalidate
- substantiate: (v) to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to
- substantiate: (syn): verify, authenticate, confirm, validate
- taciturn: (syn): tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
- taciturn: (ant): garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
- taciturn: (adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- temporize: (syn): hedge, dilly dally, procrastinate
- temporize: 29. (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time or avoid a confrontation , to compromise
- tenable: (syn): defensible, justifiable, maintainable
- tenable: (adj) capable of being held or defended
- tenable: (ant): indefensible, unjustifiable