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acquisitive
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[adj] able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or poverty.
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syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive.
ant: altruistic, unretentive. |
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arrogate
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[v] to claim or take without right.
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syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer.
ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon. |
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banal
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[adj] hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
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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.
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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.
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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 hole; comprehensible, meaningful.
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syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive.
ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed. |
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congeal
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[v] to change liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible to rigid.
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syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify.
ant: melt, liquify. |
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emulate
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[v] to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.
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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.
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syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation.
ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism. |
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eschew
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[v] to avoid, shun, keep away from.
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syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo.
ant: embrace, adopt. |
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germane
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[adj] relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.
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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.
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syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious.
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intransigent
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[adj] refusing to compromising, irreconcilable.
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syn: uncompromising, unyielding,abdurate.
ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding. |
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invidious
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[adj] offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
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syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative.
ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative. |
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largesse
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[n] generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
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syn: liberality, munificence, bounty
ant: stinginess, miserliness. |
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Reconnaissance
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[n] a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate.
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tenable
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[adj] capable of being held or defended.
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syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable.
ant: indefensible, unjustifiable. |
