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Acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information, concerned with aquiring wealth or property
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Synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive.
Antonyms: altrustic, unretentive. |
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Arrogate
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(verb) to claim or take without right
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Synonyms:expropriate, usurp, commandeer.
Antonyms- relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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Banal
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(adj) hackeneyed, trite, commonplace
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Synonyms- stale, insipid
Antonyms- 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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Synonym- 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
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synonyms- nit-picking, cavailing
Antonyms- 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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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.
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Synonyms- harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
antonyms- melt, liquify. |
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Emulate
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surprassing the model
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Synonyms- 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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Synonyms- panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Antonyms- condemation, castigation, criticism. |
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Eschew
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(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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Synonyms- abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
Antonyms- embrace, adopt |
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Germane
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(adj) relevant, appropiate, apropos, fitting
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Synonym- pertinent
Antonym-irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable
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(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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synonyms- unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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Intransigent
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconciable
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Synonym- uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Antonyms- lukewarm, halfhearted,yeilding |
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Invidious
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(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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Synonyms- malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
Antonyms- complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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Largesse
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(n) generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
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Synonym- liberality, munificence, bounty
Antonyms- stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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Reconnaissance
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(n) a survey made for military purposes;any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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Synonyms- scouting, expedition
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Substantiate
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(v) to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form
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Synonyms- verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
Antonyms- 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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Synonyms- tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
Antonyms- 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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Synonyms- hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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Tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended
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Synonyms- defensible, justifiable, maintainable
Antonyms- indefensible, unjustifiable. |
