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(adj.) able to retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
ant: altruistic, unretentive |
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(v.) to claim or take without right
syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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(adj.) hackneyed trite, commonplace
syn. stale, insipid
ant. fresh, novel, original, new |
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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
syn. overwork |
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| (adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;(n) a petty, nagging criticism. |
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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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(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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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
syn. copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
syn. panegyric, eulogy, commendation
ant. condemnation, castigation, critism |
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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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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
syn. pertinent
ant. irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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(adj) so great or demanding as to not be satisfied.
syn. unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
syn. uncompromising, unyielding, odcurate
ant. lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
syn. malicious, spiteful, predicial, perjorative
ant. complimentary, flattering ameliorative. |
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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or boutiful contributions
syn. liberality, munificence, bounty
ant. stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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(n) a survey made for military purposes; any kid of preliminary inspection or examination
syn. scouting expedition |
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(v) to establish by evidendence, prove; to give concrete or sustantial form to
syn. verify, confirm, validate, aunthenticate
ant. refute, disprove, invalidate |
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(adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
syn. tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
ant. garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
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(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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(adj) capable of being held or defended
syn. defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ant. indefensible, unjustifiable |
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