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20 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, retentive 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, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Syn: stale, insipid Ant: fresh, novel, original, 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) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism
Syn: (adj) nit-picking, caviling Ant: (adj) approving, uncritical |
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coherent
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(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; copmrehensible, meaningful
Syn: connected, unified, consistent, 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, liquefy |
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emulate
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Sn: 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 |
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germane
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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Syn: pertinent Ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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insatiable
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(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate Ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious
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(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, perjorative Ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
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(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Syn: liberality, munificence, bounty Ant: 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
Syn: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
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(v) 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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(adj) 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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(v) 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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(adj) capable of being held or defened
Syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable Ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
