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