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Acquisitive
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Adjective. Able to get and retain ideas or information: concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
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S-Greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
A-Alturistic, unretentive |
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Arrogate
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Verb. to claim or take without right.
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Expropriate, usurp, commandeer
Relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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Banal
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Adjective. hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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Stale, Insipid
Fresh, Novel, original, new |
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Belabor
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Verb. to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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Overwork
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Carping
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Adjective. tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way.
Noun. Petty, nagging critisism |
Nit-picking, caviling
Approving, uncritical |
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Coherent
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Adjective. holding or sticking together; making a logical whole comprehensible, meaningful
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Connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
Muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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Congeal
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Verb. To change from liquid to solid. Thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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Harden, jell, coagulated, solidify
Melt, liquefy |
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Emulate
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Verb-To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
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Encomium
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Noun. A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
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Panegyric, eulogy, commendation
Condemnation, castigation, critism |
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Eschew
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Verb. To avoid, shun, keep away from
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Abstain from, steer clear of, for go
Embrace, adopt |
