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acquisitive
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adj. able to get and retain ideas or info.
concerned with aquiring wealth and property synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive antonyms: altruistic, unretentive |
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arrogate
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verb to claim or take without right
synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal
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adj. hackneyed, trite, commonplace
synonyms: stale, insipid antonyms: fresh, novel, orginal, new |
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belabor
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verb to work excessively; to thrash soundly
synonym: overwork |
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carping
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adj. tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairspilting way; noun petty, nagging critisism
synonyms: nit-picking, caviling antonyms: approving, uncritical |
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coherent
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adj. holding or sticking together; making logical whole: comprehensible, meaningful
synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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congeal
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verb to change from liquid to solid; thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify antonym: melt, liquidfy |
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emulate
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verb to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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encomium
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noun a formal expression of praise a lavish tribute
synonyms: panegyric, eulogy, commendation antonyms: condemnation, castigation, critcism |
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eschew
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verb to avoid, shun, keep away from
synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo antonyms: embrace, adopt |
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germane
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adj. relavent, appropritate, apropos, fitting
synonym: pertinent antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable
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adj. so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
synonyms: unquenchable ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
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adj. refusing to compromise, irreconciable
synonym: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate antonym: lukewarm, half-hearted, yielding |
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invidious
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adj. offesive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
synonym: malicious, spiteful, prejudical, perjorative antonym: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
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n generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounty antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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reconnaissance
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n survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
synonym: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
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v to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substainal form to
synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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taciturn
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adj habitually silent or quite, inclined to talk very little
synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic antonyms: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
synonym: hedge, dillydally, procastinate |
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tenable
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adj capable of being held or defended
synonym: defensible, justifiable, maintianable antonym: indefenseible, unjustifiable |