Vocabulary and Definitions Assessment

adjective: strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing

verb:  to claim or seize without justification to make undue claims to having; to claim on behalf of another

verb: to attack verbally OR to beat soundly OR to explain or insist on excessively

adjective: marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism

adjective: logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated; having clarity or intelligibility

verb: to change from a fluid to a solid state by, or as if by, cold; to make viscid or curdled

verb: to strive to equal or excel

noun: glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise

verb: to avoid habitually, especially on moral or practical grounds

verb: to attack verbally OR to beat soundly OR to explain or insist on excessively