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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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to claim or take without right
syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ant: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
syn: stale, insipid
ant: fresh, novel, original, new |
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
syn: overwork |
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| tending to find fault in a petty way. nagging or petty criticism |
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holding or sticking together; making logical whole
syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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to change from a 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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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
syn: panegryric, eulogy, commendation
ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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to avoid, shun, keep away
syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
ant: embrace, adopt |
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relevant, appropriate, apropros, fitting
syn: pertinent
ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
ant: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
syn: liberality, munificence, bounty
ant: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
syn: scouting expedition |
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to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to
syn: verufy, confirm, validate, authenticate
ant: refute, disprove, invalidate |
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation
syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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Capable of being held or defended
syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ant: indefensible, unjustifiable |
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