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16 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive
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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas of information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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sym: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
ant: altruistic, unretentive |
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Arrogate
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(v.) to claim or take without right
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sym expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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Banal
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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sym: stale, insipid
ant: 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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sym: overwork
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Coherent
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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Sym: 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 flexible or rigid
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Sym: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Ant: melt liquefy |
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Emulate
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(v.) ti imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Sym: 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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Sym: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Ant: condemnation, castigation, criticisms |
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Congeal
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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make flexible or rigid
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Sym: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Ant: melt liquefy |
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Eschew
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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Sym: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
Ant: embrace, adopt |
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Reonnaissance
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(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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sym: 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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sym: 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
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sym: 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
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sym: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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Tenable
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(ad.) capable of being held or defended
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sym: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
