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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: 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 |
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 whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohensive
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 ot 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 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, niggardliness |
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Reconnaissance
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(n.) a survey made for milittary purposes; any kind of preliminary insepion 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 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, maintainable
Ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
