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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive |
Adj Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property Synonyms: Greedy, grasping, avaricious, relentive Antonyms: Alltruistic, unrelentive |
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Arrogate |
Verb To claim or take without right Synonyms: Expropriate, usurp, commandeer Antonyms: Relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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Banal |
Adj Hackneyed, trite, commonplace Synonyms: Stale, insipid Antonyms: Fresh, novel, original, new |
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Belabor |
Verb To work on excessively; to thrash soundly Synonym: Overwork |
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Carping |
Adj/Noun Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way/ petty, nagging criticism Synonyms: Nit- picking, caviling Antonyms: Approving, uncritical |
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Coherent |
Adj Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful Synonyms: Connected, unified, consistent, cohesive Antonyms: Muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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Congeal |
Verb To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexibleor rigid Synonyms: Harden, jell, coagulate, solidify Antonyms: Melt, liquefy |
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Emulate |
Verb To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model Synonyms: Copy, mimic, match, measure up |
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Encomium |
Noun A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute Synonyms: Panegryic, eulogy, commendation Antonyms: Condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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Eschew |
Verb To avoid, shun, keep away from Synonyms: Abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Antonym: Embrace, adopt |
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Germane |
Adj Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting Synonym: Pertinent Antonyms: Irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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Insatiable |
Adj So great or demanding as not to be satisfied Synonyms: Unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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Intransigent |
Adj Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable Synonyms: Uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Antonyms: Lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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Invidious |
Adj Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment Synonyms: Malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative Antonyms: Complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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Largesse |
Noun Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions Synonyms: Liberality, munificence, bounty Antonyms: Stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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Reconnaissance |
Noun A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination Synonym: Scouting expedition |
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Substantiate |
Verb 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 |
Adj Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little Synonyms: Tight- lipped, uncommunicative, laconic Antonyms: Garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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Temporize |
Verb To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise Synonyms: Hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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Tenable |
Adj Capable of being held or defended Synonyms: Defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms: Indefensible, unjustifiable |
