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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; comprehensible, 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
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
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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excoriation
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germane
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insatiable
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intransigent
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invidious
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largesse
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ramify
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reconnaissance
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substantiate
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