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Acquisitive (a-QUIZ-it-iv)
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(adj.)Able to get and retain ideas or info, concerned with getting wealth or property.
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S: Greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
A: Altruistic, unretentive |
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Arrogate (Air-o-gate)
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(v.) To claim or take without right
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S:Expropriate, unsurp, commandeer
A:Relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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Banal (ba--NAL)
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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S:Stale, insipid
A: Fresh, novel, original, new |
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Belabor (bell-LEI-boar)
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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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S:Overwork
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Carping (CAR-ping)
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. (n.) Petty, nagging criticism
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Adj:
S: nit-picking, caviling A: Approving, uncritical |
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Coherent (co-HEAR-int)
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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S: Connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
A:Muddled, chaotic, dijointed |
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Congeal (kun-JEAL)
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(v.) To change from liquid to solid, thicken,; to make inflexible or rigid
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S: Harden, Jell, Congulate, Solidify
A: Melt, Liquefy |
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Emulate (EM-you-late)
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(v.) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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S:Copy, Mimic, Rival, Match, Measure up to.
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Encomium (n-CO-me-um)
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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S: Panegyric, eulogy, commendation
A: Condemnaation, castigation, criticism |
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Eschew (s-CHEW)
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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S: Abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
A: Embrace, adopt |
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Germane (jer-MAIN)
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(adj.) relevant, appropiate, apropos, fitting
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S:Pertinent
A: Irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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Insatiable (in-SAY-she-a-bowl)
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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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S: Unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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Intransigent (in-TRAN-si-gint)
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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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S: Uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
A: Lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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Invidious (in-VID-e-us)
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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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S: Malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
A: Complimentary, flattering, ameiliorative |
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Largesse (lar- JESS)
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(n.) generousity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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S: Liberality, munificence, bounty
A: Stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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Reconnaissance (re-KAN-a-since)
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(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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S: Scouting expedition
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Substantiate (sub-STAN-she-ate)
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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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S: Verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
A: Refute, disprove |
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Taciturn (TASS-i-turn)
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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S: Tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
A: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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Temporize (TEM-pore-eyes)
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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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S: Hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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Tenable (TEN-a-bowl)
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
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S: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
A: Indefensible, unjustifiable |
