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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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sym: greedy, grasping, avaricious , retentive
Ant: unretentive, altruistic |
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Arrogate
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(v) to claim or take w/o right.
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Sym: Expropriate, usurp, commandeer
Ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon. |
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banal
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(adj) hackeneyed, 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 in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. (n) petty, nagging, criticism
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Syn: nitpicking, caviling
Ant: approving, uncritical |
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Coherent
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(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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Syn: connected, unified
Ant: muddled, chaotic, dispirited. |
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Congeal
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(v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken
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Sym: harden, jell, coagulate
Ant: Melt, liquefy |
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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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Sym: 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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Sym: panegyric, eulody, 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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Sym: 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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sym: 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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sym: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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intransigent
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adj. refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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sym: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
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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sym: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
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largesse
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n. generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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sym: 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 inspections for examination
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sym: 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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sym: 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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sym: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
Ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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Temportize
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V. to stall or act in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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Sym: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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Tenable
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adj. capable of being held or defended
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Sym: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
Ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
