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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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syn: 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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syn: 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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syn: stale, insipid
ant: fresh, novel, original, new |
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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 criticism |
syn: nit-picking, caviling
ant: 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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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
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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
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syn: 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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syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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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, pejorative
ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
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(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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syn: liberality, munificence, bounty
ant: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
