| Word |
Definition/Synonym |
Antonym |
| acquisitive |
(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property; greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive |
altruistic, unretentive |
| arrogate |
(v)to claim or take without right; expropriate, usurp, commandeer |
relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
| banal |
(adj) hackneyed, trite, commmonplace; stale, insipid |
fresh, novel, original, new |
| belabor |
(v) to work excessively; to thrash soundly; overwork |
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| carping |
(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;(n) petty, nagging criticism; nit-picking, caviling |
approving, uncritical |
| coherent |
(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful; connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
muddled, cahotic, disjointed |
| congeal |
(v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid; harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
melt, liquefy |
| emulate |
(v)to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model; copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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| encomium |
(n)a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute; panegyric, eulogy, commendation |
condemnation, castigation, criticism |
| eschew |
(v)to avoid, shun, keep away from; abstain from stter clear of forgo |
embrace, adopt |
| germane |
(adj) appropriate, apropos, fitting, relevant, pertinent |
irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
| insatiable |
(adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied; unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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| intransigent |
(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable; uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
| invidious |
(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
| largesse |
(n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions; liberality, munificence, bounty |
stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
| reconnaissance |
(n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination; scouting, expedition |
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| substantiate |
(v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to; verify confirm, validate, authenticate |
refute, disprove, invalidate |
| taciturn |
(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little; tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
| temporize |
(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise; hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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| tenable |
(adj) capable of being held or defended; defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
indefensible, unjustifiable |
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