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Arrogate

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To claim or take without right

Usurp

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Acquisitive

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(Adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Greedy

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Banal

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(Adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Stale, insipid

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Belabor

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Overwork

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Carping

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Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way

Petty, nagging critism

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Coherent

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Holding or sticking together

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Congeal

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To change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid

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Emulate

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To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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Encomium

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A formal expression of phrase , a lavish tribute

Eulogy, commendation

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Eschew

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To avoid, shun, keep away from

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Germane

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Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

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Insatiable

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So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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Invidious

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Offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Malicious, spiteful, pejorative

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Largess

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Generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions

Liberality, bounty, munificence

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Reconnaissance

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A survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Scouting expedition

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Substantiate

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To establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to

Verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

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Taciturn

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Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.

Uncommunicative, laconic

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Temporize

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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision, to compromise

Hedge, dilly dally, procrastinate

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Tenable

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Capable of being held or defended

Defensive, justifiable, maintainable

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