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acquisitive
(e kwiz e tiv) |
(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
(a' re gat) |
(v)to claim or take without right
syn: expropriate, usurp,commandeer ant: relinguish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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banal
(be nal') |
(adj)hackneyed, trite, commonplace
syn: stale, insipid ant: fresh,novel,original,new |
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belabor
(bi la' bor) |
(v)to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
syn: overwork |
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carping
(kar' pin) |
(adj)tending to find fault, especialy in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way;(n)petty, nagging criticism
syn: nit-picking, caviling ant: approving, uncritical |
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coherent
(ko her' ent) |
(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
(ken jel') |
(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
(em' ye lat) |
(v)to imitate with the intent of equalin or surpassing the model
syn: copy, mimic, rival match, measure up to |
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encomium
(en ko' me em) |
(n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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eschew
(es chu') |
(v)to avoid, shun, keep away from
syn:abstain from, steer clear of, forgo ant: embrace, adopt |
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germane
(jer man') |
(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
syn: pertinent ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropiate |
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insatiable
(in sa; she bel) |
(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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intransigent
(in tran' se jent) |
(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconsilable
syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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invidious
(in vid' e es) |
(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to casue bitterness and resentment
syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, prjorative ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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largesse
(lar jes') |
(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
syn: liberality, munificencem bounty ant: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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reconnaissance
(ri kan' e sens) |
(n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
syn: scouting expedition |
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substantiate
(seb stan' she at) |
(v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate ant: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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taciturn
(tas e tern) |
(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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temportize
(tem' pe riz) |
(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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tenable
(ten' e bel) |
(adj) capable of being held or defended
syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
