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Acquisitive
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(Adj) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property b
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Synonyms- greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
Antonyms- Altruistic, retentive |
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Arrogate
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(v) 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) hackneyed, 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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Synonyms- overwork
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Carping
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(adj) tenidn to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way;
(n) petty, nagging criticism |
Synonyms- nit-picking, caviling
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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(V) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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Synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Antonyms: melt, liquefy |
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Emulate
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing 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
condemnation, 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, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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synonyms: pertinent
Antonyms: 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, irreconcilable
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Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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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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synonyms: 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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Synonym: 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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synonym: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
Antonym: 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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Synonym: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
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Temporize
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(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, postpone a decision; to compromise
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synonym: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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Tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended
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synonym: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
Antonym: indefensible, unjustifiable |
