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| able to get and obtain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
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| to claim or take without right |
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| hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
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| to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
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| tending to find fault, especially in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way |
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| holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible; meaningful |
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| to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
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| to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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| a formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute |
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| to avoid, shun, keep away from |
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| a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin |
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| relevant, appropriate, apropos |
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| so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied |
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| refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
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| offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness or resentment |
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| generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
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| to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions |
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| a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
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| to establish by evidence; prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
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| habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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| to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
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| capable of being held or defended |
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