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Invidious
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
-Teachers should avoid making....comparisons between their students -Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative -Antonyms: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
In an...society, there is a great deal of emphasis on buying and reselling synonyms; greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive antonyms: altruistic, unretentive |
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arrogate
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to claim or take without right
The ambitious noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and...royal privileges to themselves synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer antonyms: relinquish renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
The new play's...dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera htan a serious drama. synonyms: stale, insipid, flat antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new |
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belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
His tendency to...the small points often made him miss the big picture synonym: overwork, pummel |
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
The physics teacher gave me a surprisingly...description of quantum mechanics. synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive antonyms: muddled chaotic, disjointed |
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
If you do not wash your dishes right away, the food on them will... synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify antonyms: melt, liquefy |
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emulate
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Most beginning writers try to...a great writer and later develop their own individual styles. Synonyms: copy mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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encomium
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a formal expression of praise lavish tribute
On Veterans Day, the President delivered a heartfelt...to those who died for their country. Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy, commendation Antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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eschew
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
The young athletes promised the coach that they would train vigorously and... bad habits. Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Antonyms: embrace, adopt |
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germane
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relebant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Bringing up examples from the past is not...to the present discussion. Synonym: pertinent Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
People with an...appetite for gossip often do not have compelling stories of their own. Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Little will get accomplished if the legislators of both parties maintain their...attitudes. Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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largesse
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
The university was the fortunate beneficiary of the...of mnay of its graduates. Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounty Antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
The field officer required a thorough...before ordering any troop movements. Synonym: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substatial form to
The prospector was unable to...his claim to the land where the gold was found. Synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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carping
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thending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty nagging criticism
The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the...complaints of the sales manager Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling Antonyms: approving, uncritical |
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taciturn
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Abraham Lincoln has the reputation of haivng a dour and...personality Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic Antonyms: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
For most of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, the protagonist Hamlet chooses to...rather than act Synonyms: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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tenable
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capable or being held or defended
The researchers put forth a...theory, but their conclusions would be reviewed carefully by others Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable |
