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