Ch.1 English Vocab

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Acquisitive

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(adj) able to get and retain information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
Synonyms:greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive.
Antonyms: altruistic, unretentive.

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Arrogate

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(v.) to claim or take without right.
Synonyms: Expropriate, usurp, comandeer.
Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon.

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Banal

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(adj.) Hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
Synonyms:stale, inspid
Antonyms:fresh, novel, original, new.

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Belabor

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(v.) to work excessively; to thrash soundly/
Synonyms: overwork

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Carping

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(adj.) tending to find faultm especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;(n.) petty, nagging criticism.
Synonyms:nit-picking, caviling.
Antonyms: approving, uncritical.

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Coherent

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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensable, meaningful.
Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive.
Antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed.

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Congeal

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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid.
Synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify.
Antonyms: melt, liquefy.

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Emulate

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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling ot surpassing the model.
Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to.

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Encomium

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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy, commendation.
Antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism.

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Eschew

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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from.
Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo.
Antonyms: embrace, adopt.

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Germane

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(adj.) Relevant, appropriate,apropos, fitting.
Synonyms: pertinent
Antonyms: irrelevent, extraneous, innapropriate.

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Insatiable

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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious.

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Instransigent

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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconciliable.
Synonyms: uncomprimising, unyielding, obdurate.
Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding.

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Invidious

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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudical, pejorative.
Antonyms: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative.

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Largesse

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(n.) Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.
Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounty.
Antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness.

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Reconaissance

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(n.) a survey made for military purpose; and kind of preliminary inspection or examination.
Synonyms: scouting expedition.

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Substantiate

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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.
Synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate.
Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate.

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Taciturn

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(adj.) Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.
Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic.
Antonyms:garrulous, laquacious, prolix, verbose.

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Temporize

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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to comprimise.
Synonyms: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate.

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Tenable

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(adj.) Capable of being held or defended.
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable.
Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable.