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Definition: Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
Synonyms: greedy, grasping, acaricious, retentive Antonyms: altruistic, unretentive |
Acquisitive
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Starts with a-c
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Definiton: To claim or take without right
Synonyms: exprpriate, usurp, commandeer Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
Arrogate
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Starts with a-r
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Definition: Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Synonyms: stale, insipid Antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new |
Banal
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Starts with b-a
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Definition: To work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Synonyms: overwork |
Belabor
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Starts with b-e
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Definition: tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling Antonyms: approving, uncritical |
Carping
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Starts with c-a
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Definition: holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Synonyms:connected, unified, consistent, cohesiv Antonyms:muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
Coherent
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Starts with c-o
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Definition:To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make unflexible or rigid
Synonyms:harden, jell, coagulate, solidify Antonyms:melt, liquefy |
Congeal
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Starts with c-o
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Definition:To imitate with the intet of equaling or surpassing the model
Synonyms:copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
Emulate
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Starts with e-m
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Definition:A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Synonyms:panegyric, eulogy, commendation Antonyms:condemnation, castigation, criticism |
Encomium
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Starts with e-m
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Definition:To avoid, shun, keep away from
Synonyms:abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Antonyms:embrace, adopt |
Eschew
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Starts with e-s
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Definition:Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Synonyms:pertinent Antonyms:embrace, adopt |
Germane
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Starts with g-e
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Definition:So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Synonyms:unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
Insatiable
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Starts with i-n
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Definition:Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Synonyms:uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Antonyms:lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
Intransigent
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Starts with i-n
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Definition:Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Synonyms:malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative Antonyms:complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
Invidious
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Starts with i-n
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Definition:Generosity in giving; lacish or bountiful contributors
Synonyms:liberality, munificence, bounty Antonyms:stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
Largesse
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Starts with l-a
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Definition:A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Synonyms:scouting expedition |
Reconnaissance
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Starts with r-e
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Definition:To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Synonyms:verify, confirm, validate, authenticate Antonyms:refute, disprove, invalidate |
Substantiate
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Starts with s-u
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Definition:Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Synonyms:tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic Antonyms:garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
Taciturn
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Starts with t-a
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Definition:To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, acoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Synonyms:hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
Temporize
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Starts with t-e
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Definition:Capable of being held or defended
Synonyms:defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms:indefensible, unjustifiable |
Tenable
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Starts with t-e
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