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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or informationl concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
Antonyms: altruistic,unretentive
Synonyms: greedy, grapsing, avaricious, retentive. |
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(v.) to claim or take without right.
Antonyms: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon.
Synonyms: expropriate, usurp, commandeer. |
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(adj.) hackeyed, trite, commonplace.
Antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new.
Synonyms: stale, insipid. |
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(v.) to work excessively; to trash soundly.
Antonyms:compliment, praise.
Synonyms: overwork |
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(adj.)tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism.
Antonyms: approving, uncritical
Synonyms: nit-picking, caviling |
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.
Antonyms: muddled, cahotic, disjointed.
Synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive. |
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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid.
Antonyms: melt, liquefy.
Synonyms: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify. |
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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.
Antonyms: alienate.
Synonyms: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to. |
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
Antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism.
Synonyms: panegyric, eulogy, commendation. |
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from.
Antonyms: embrace, adopt.
Synonyms: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo. |
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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.
Synonyms: petrinent
Antonyms: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate. |
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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
Synonyms: inquenchable, ravenous, voracious.
Antonyms: fulfilled, satisfied, pleased. |
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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable.
Synonyms: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate.
Antonyms: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding. |
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(adj.) offensive, hatefuel; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative.
Antonyms: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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(n.) generosity in fiving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounty.
Antonyms: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness. |
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(n.) survery made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.
Synonyms:scouting expedition |
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.
Antonyms:garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose.
Synonyms: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic. |
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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise.
Synonyms: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate.
Antonyms: communicative, talkative, fluent |
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable.
Antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable. |
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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or subnstantial form to.
Synonyms: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate.
Antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate. |
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