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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 syn: greedy, avaricious, retentive ant: altruistic |
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arrogate (v.) |
to claim or take without right syn: expropriate, commandeer ant: renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal (adj.) |
hackneyed, trite, commonplace syn: stale, insipid ant: fresh, original, new |
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belabor (v.) |
to work excessively; to thrash soundly syn: overwork |
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Carping (adj. or n.) |
tending to find fault, especially in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism |
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coherent (adj.) |
holding or sticking together, making a logical whole, comprehensible, meaningful syn: nit-picking, caviling ant: approving, uncritical |
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Congeal (v.) |
to change from liquid to solid, thicken, to make inflexible or rigid syn: harden, jell, solidify ant: liqefy |
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emulate (v.) |
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model syn: copy, mimic |
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encomium (n) |
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute syn: panegyric, eulogy ant: condemnation, castigation |
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Eschew (v.) |
to avoid, shun, keep away from syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo ant: embrace, adopt |
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germane (adj.) |
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting syn: pertinent ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable (adj.) |
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied syn: unquenchable, ravenous |
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intransigent (adj.) |
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious (adj.) |
offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment syn: malicious spiteful ant: flattering, ameliorate |
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largesse (n.) |
generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions syn: liberality, bounty ant: stinginess, miserliness |
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reconnaissance (n.) |
a survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or examination syn: exploration |
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Substantiate (v.) |
to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to syn: confirm, validate ant: refute, disprove |
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taciturn (adj.) |
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix |
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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 syn: dillydally, procrastinate |
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tenable (adj.) |
capable of being held or defended syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
