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13 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive (ah-QUIZ-uh-tiv) |
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property. |
Synonyms: greedy, avaricious, retentive Antonyms: altruistic (unit 1) |
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Banal (bah-NALL) |
(adj.) hackneyed, trite, common place |
Synonyms: stale, insiped Antonyms: fresh, original, new (unit 1) |
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Coherent (co-HERE-ent) |
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive Antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed (unit 1) |
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Emulate (EM-yoo-late) |
(v.) to imitate wkth the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to (unit 1) |
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Eschew (es-CHOO) |
(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Antonyms: embrace, adopt (unit 1) |
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Germane (ger-MANE) |
(adj.) relevamt, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
Synonyms: pertinent Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate (unit 1) |
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Insatiable (in-SAY-shah-bul) |
(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous |
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Largesse (larr-JESS) |
(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
Synonyms: liberality, bounty Antonyms: stinginrss, miserliness, niggardliness (unit 1) |
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Substantiate (sub-STAN-she-ate) |
(v.) yo establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
Synonyms: confirm, validate, authenticate Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate (unit 1) |
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Tenable (TEN-a-bul) |
(adj.) capable of being held or defended |
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable (unit 1) |
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Avid (AV-id) |
(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intrnsely eager |
Synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping Antonyms: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic (unit 2) |
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Celerity (suh-LAIT-uh-tee) |
(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
Synonyms: proptness, speed Antonyms: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness (unit 2) |
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Devious (Dee-vee-us) |
(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done ot acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful Antonyms: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard (unit 2) |
