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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerning with acquiring weath or property.
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synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive.
antonyms: altristic, unretentive. |
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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) trending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way.
(n) petty, nagging criticism. |
synonyms: (adj) nit-picking, caviling.
antonyms: (adj) 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, cohrsive
antonyms: muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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congeal
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(v) to change from luquid 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
antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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eshew
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(v) to aviod, shun, keep away from
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synonyms:abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
antonyms: embrace, adopt |
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gernane
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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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synonyms: pertinent
antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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instiable
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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) offensiv, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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synonyms: malicious, spiteful, 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, munificente, bounty
antonyms: stinginess, misserliness, 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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synonyms: 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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synonyms:verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
antonyms: 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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synonyms: tight-lipped, un communicative, laconic
antonyms: 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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synonyms: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended
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synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintain
antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable |
