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(adj) 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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(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 trash soundly
SYN- overwork |
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(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way (n) petty, nagging criticism
SYN- NITPICKING- caviling
ANT- APPROVING, uncritical |
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(adj) holding or STICKING TOGETHER; making a logical whole; COMPREHENSIBLE, meaningful
SYN- CONNECTED, unified, consisted, cohesive
ANT- muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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(v) to change from LIQUID TO SOLID; thicken; to make inflexible or rigis
SYN- harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
ANT- melt, liquefy |
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(v) to IMITATE with the intent or 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 |
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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, obdurate
ANT- lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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(adj) OFFENSIVE, hateful; tending to CAUSE BITTERNESS and RESENTMENT
SYN- MALICIOUS, SPITEFUL, prejudicial, pejorative
ANT- complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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(n) generosity in giving; lavish or BOUNTIFUL CONTRIBUTIONS
SYN- liberality, munificence, bounty
ANT- stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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(n) a SURVEY made for MILITARY PURPOSES; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
SYN- scouting expedition |
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(v) to establish by evidence, PROVE, to give concrete or substantial form to
SYN- verify, confirm, validate, authenticate
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 confrontation or postpone a decision; to compromise
SYN- hedge, DILLYDALLY, procastinate |
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(adj) CAPABLE OF BEING HELD OR DEFENDED
SYN- defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ANT- indefensible, unjustifiable |
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