ACQUISITIVE

Acquisitive

(adj.) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Synonyms: Greedy, grasping, avaricious

Antonyms: Altruistic, unretentive

ARROGATE

Arrogate

(v.) To claim or take without right

Synonyms: Expropriate, usurp, commandeer

Antonyms: Relinquish, renounce, abandon

BANAL

Banal

(adj.) Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Synonyms: Stale, insipid

Antonyms: Fresh, novel, original, new

BELABOR

Belabor

(v.) To work on excessively; to thrash soundly

Synonym: Overwork

CARPING

Carping

(adj.) Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism

Synonyms: (adj.) Nit-picking, caviling

Antonyms: (adj.) Approving, uncritical

COHERENT

Coherent

(adj.) Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Synonyms: Connected, unified, consistent

Antonyms: Muddled, chaotic, disjointed

CONGEAL

Congeal

(v.) To change from liquid to solid, thicken; To make inflexible or rigid

Synonyms: Harden, jell, solidify

Antonyms: Melt, liquefy

EMULATE

Emulate

(v.) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

Synonyms: Copy, mimic, rival, match

ENCOMIUM

Encomium

(n.) A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Synonyms: Eulogy, commendation

Antonyms: Condemnation, castigation

ESCHEW

Eschew

(v.) To avoid, shun, keep away from

Synonyms: Abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

Antonyms: Embrace, adopt

GERMANE

Germane

(adj.) Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Synonyms: Pertinent

Antonyms: Irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

INSATIABLE

Insatiable

(adj.) So great or demanding as not to be satisfied

Synonyms: Unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

INTRANSIGENT

Intransigent

(adj.) Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Synonyms: Uncompromising, unyielding

Antonyms: Lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

INVIDIOUS

Invidious

(adj.) Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Synonyms: Malicious, spiteful, prejudicial

Antonyms: Complimentary, flattering

LARGESSE

Largesse

(n.) Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

Synonyms: Liberality, munificence, bounty

Antonyms: Stinginess, miserliness

RECONNAISSANCE

Reconnaissance 

(n.) A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

Synonyms: scouting expedition 

SUBSTANTIATE

Substantiate

(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Synonyms: Verify, confirm, validate

Antonyms: Refute, disprove, invalidate 

TACITURN

Taciturn 

(adj.) Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

Synonyms: Tight-lipped, uncommunicative

Antonyms: Prolix, verbose

TEMPORIZE

Temporize

(v.) To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

Synonyms: Hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

TENABLE

Tenable

(adj.) Capable of being held or defended

Synonyms: Defensible, justifiable, maintainable

Antonyms: Indefensible, unjustifiable