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