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10 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
syn:greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentave ant:altruistic, unretentive |
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arrogate
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(v) to claim or take without right.
syn:expropriate, usurp, commandeer. ant:relinquish, renouncem abdicatem abandon |
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
syn:stale, insipid. ant:fresh, novel, origional, new |
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belabor
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(v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly.
syn:overwork |
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carping
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(adj)(n) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way. petty, nagging criticism.
syn:nit-picking, caviling ant:approving, uncritical |
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coherent
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(adj)holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.
syn:connected, unified, consistant, cohesive ant: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.
syn:harden, jell, coagulate, solidify ant:melt, liquify |
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emulate
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.
syn: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.
syn:panegyric, eulogy, commendation. ant:condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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eschew
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(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from.
syn:abstain from, steer clear of, forgo. ant:embrace, adopt |
