Nouns and Adjectives
A formal expression of praise
Encomium
Capable of being held or defended
Tenable
To claim or take without right
Arrogate
Carping
Generosity in giving
Largesse
Habitually silent or quiet
Taciturn
To work on excessively
Belabor
Holding or sticking together
Coherent
Survey made for military purposes
Reconnaissance
Offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Invidious
To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Emulate
Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Intransigent
Able to get and retain ideas or information
Acquisitive
Relevant, appropriate
Germane
To avoid , shun, keep away from
Eschew
To establish by evidence, prove
Substantiate
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Banal
So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Insatiable
To change form liquid to solid
Congeal
To stall or act evasively in order to gain time
Temporize