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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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Syn:greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
Ant: unretentive, altruistic |
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arrogate
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verb- 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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verb- 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.
noun- petty, nagging criticism |
Syn: nit-picking, 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, consistent, cohesive
Ant- muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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congeal
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v- to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid
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Syn- harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
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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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 compromise, irreconcilable
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Syn- uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Ant- lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious
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adj- offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and esentment
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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, niggardliness |
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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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tactiturn-
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adj- habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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Syn- tightlipped, 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 a decision; to compromise
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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, maintanable
Ant- indefensible, unjustifiable |
