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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