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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
*acquire |
syn: greedy
ant: altruistic |
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arrogate
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(v) to claim or take without right
*taking something that isn't yours |
syn:expropriate
ant: abandon |
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
*boring |
syn: stale
ant: fresh |
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belabor
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(v) to work excessively; to thrash soundly
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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 critiscism
*complaining-complaint |
syn: nit-picking
ant: approving |
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Coherent
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(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
ant: ,uddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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Congeal
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(v) to change from a liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidfy
ant: melt, liquefy |
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Emulate
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(v) to imitate iwth the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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syn: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
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Ecomium
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(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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syn: eulogy, panegyric, commendation
ant: criticism, castigation, condemnation |
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Eschew
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(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
ant: embrace, adopt |
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Germane
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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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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
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syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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Intransigent
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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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
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syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, perojorative
ant: complimentary, flatterig, ameliorative |
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Largesse
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(n) generosity i ngiving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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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
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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
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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 tlak very little
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syn: tight-lipped, laconic, uncommunicative
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Temporize
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(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confontation, or postpone a decision; compromise
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syn: hedge, procrastinate, dillydally
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Tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended
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syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ant: unjustifiable, indefensible |
