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20 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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ADJECTIVE
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property SYN: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive ANT: altruistic, unretentive |
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arrogate
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VERB
to claim or take without right SYN: expropriate, usurp, commandeer ANT: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal
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ADJECTIVE
hackneyed, trite, commonplace SYN: stale, insipid ANT: fresh, novel, original, raw |
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belabor
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VERB
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly SYN: overwork |
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carping
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ADJECTIVE
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way SYN: nit-picking, caviling ANT: approving, uncritical NOUN petty, nagging criticism |
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coherent
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ADJECTIVE
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful SYN: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive ANT: 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 SYN: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify ANT: melt, liquify |
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emulate
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VERB
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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NOUN
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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VERB
to avoid, shun, keep away from SYN: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo ANT: embrace, adopt |
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germane
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ADJECTIVE
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting SYN: pertinent ANT: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable
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ADJECTIVE
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied SYN: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
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ADJECTIVE
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable SYN: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate ANT: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious
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ADJECTIVE
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment SYN: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative ANT: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
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NOUN
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions SYN: liberality, munificence, bounty ANT: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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reconnaissance
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NOUN
a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination SYN: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
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VERB
to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to SYN: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate ANT: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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taciturn
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ADJECTIVE
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little SYN: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic ANT: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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temporize
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VERB
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise SYN: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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tenable
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ADJECTIVE
capable of being held or defended SYN: defensible, justifiable, maintainable ANT: indefensible, unjustifiable |
