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20 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive (adj.) |
Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property Synonyms: Greedy, avaricious, retentive Antonym: Altruistic |
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Arrogate (v.) |
To claim or take without right Synonyms: Expropriate, commandeer Antonyms: Renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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Banal (adj.) |
Hackneyed, trite, commonplace Synonyms: stale, insipid Antonyms: Fresh, original, new |
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Belabor (v.) |
To work on excessively; to thrash soundly Synonym: Overwork |
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Carping (adj.) & (n.) |
(adj.) Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism Synonyms: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling Antonyms: (adj.) approving, uncritical |
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Coherent (adj.) |
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive Antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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Congeal (v.) |
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid Synonyms: harden, jell, solidify Antonym: liquefy |
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Emulate (v.) |
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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Encomium (n.) |
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy Antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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Eschew (v.) |
to avoid, shun, keep away from Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo Antonyms: embrace, adopt |
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Germane (adj.) |
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting Synonym: pertinent Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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Insatiable (adj.) |
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied Synonyms: unquenchable, ravenous |
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Intransigent (adj.) |
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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Invidious (adj.) |
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative Antonyms: flattering, ameliorative |
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Largesse (n.) |
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions Synonyms: liberality, bounty Antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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Reconnaissance (n.) |
a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination Synonym: exploration |
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Substantiate (v.) |
to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to Synonyms: confirm, validate, authenticate Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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Taciturn (adj.) |
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic Antonyms: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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Temporize (v.) |
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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Tenable (adj.) |
capable of being held or defended
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable |
