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20 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
syn:greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive adj: altruistic, unretentive |
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arrogate
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(v) to claim or take without right
syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer ant: relinquish,renounce, abdicate,abandon |
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
syn: stale,insipid ant: fresh,novel,original,new. |
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belabor
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(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly.
syn: overwork |
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carping
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(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism.
syn:(adj) nit-picking,caviling ant: (adj) approving, uncritical |
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coherent
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(adj)holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.
syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive ant: 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.
syn: harden, jell, coagulate,solidify ant: melt, liquefy |
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emualte
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(v)to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.
syn: 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.
syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation. ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism. |
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eschew
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(v)to avoid, shun, keep away from.
syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo ant: embrace, adopt |
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germane
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(adj) relevant,appropriate, apropos, fitting.
syn: pertinent ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate. |
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insatiable
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(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious. |
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intransigent
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.
syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious
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(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative adj: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
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(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.
syn: liberality, munificence, bounty ant: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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reconnaissance
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(n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.
syn: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
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(v)to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate ant: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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taciturn
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(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.
syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic ant: garrulous, loquacious, 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 compromise
syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate. |
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tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended.
syn:defensible, justifiable, maintainable ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
