encomium: A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
coherent: Logical and consisten
belabor: Argue or elaborate/ Attack or assault
eschew: Deliberately avoid using; abstain from
acquisitive: Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
emulate: Match or surpass
arrogate: Take or claim
banal: So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
excoriation: abrasion: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.
congeal: Solidify or coagulate
carping: Difficult to please
substantiate: Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of
temporize:Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time
largesse: Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others
tenable: Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
insatiable: Impossible to satisfy
reconnaissance: Preliminary surveying or research:
germane: Relevant to a subject under consideration
ramify: Cause to branch or spread out
intransigent: Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something
taciturn: Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
invidious: Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
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