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