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Acquisitive
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v- able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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syn:greedy, grasping
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Arrogate
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verb- to claim or take without right
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Syn:expropeate, usyrup, comender. Ayn:Avucate
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Banal
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Adj- boring
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Syn: Still, insiped (bland)
Ayn:Fresh, novle |
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Belabored
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verb- to work on asesvily
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Syn: Overwork
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Carping
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Adj/ noun- Attending to find fault in a petty nasty or hair spliting way(Act of complaing)
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Syn:Nit picking (complaing)
Ayn:Approving |
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Coherent
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adj-holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehenible, meaningful
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Syn: Connected, unified
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Congeal
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V- to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflaxible or rigid.
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Syn:Harden, jell, coagualte, solify
Ant:Melt, liquefy |
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Emulate
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v- to imitae with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Syn:Copy, Mimi, Rivial, 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, Commmendation
Ant:Condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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Eschew
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v-to aviod, shun, keep away
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Syn:Abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
Ant:Embrace, adopt |
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Reconnaissance
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n- 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, authenitcate.
Ant:refure, 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, loquacios, prolix, verbose |
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Temporize
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v-to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confronatation, 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, justifable, maintainable
Ant:indefensible, unjustifiable |
