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