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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 excessively; to thrash 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. nit-picking,caviling ant. approving, uncritical |
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adj. holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful syn. connected, unified, consistent, cohesive ant. muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
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v. to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make infelxible or rigid syn. harden, jell, coagulate, solidify ant. melt, liquify |
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v. to imitate with the intent of 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 ant. condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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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. relevent, appropriate, apropos, fitting syn. pertinent ant. irrelivant, extraneous, inappropriate |
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adj. so great or demanding as not to be satisfied syn. unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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adj. refusing to compromise, irreconcilable syn.uncompromising, unyeilding, obdurate ant. lukewarm, halfhearted, yeilding |
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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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