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| (adj)able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
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| (v)to claim or take without right |
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| (adj)hackneyed, trite, commonplace
The new play's banal dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera than a serious drama. |
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(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or harsplitting way
(n)petty, nagging criticism |
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| (adj)holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
The hysics teacher gave a surprisingly coherent description of quantum mechanics. |
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| (v)to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
If you do not wash your dishes right away, the food on them will congeal. |
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| (v)to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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| (n)a formal expression of praise, a livish tribute |
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| (v)to avoid, shun, keep away from |
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| (adj)relevant, appropriate, apropos fitting |
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| (adj)so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
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(adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Little will get accomplished if the legislators of both parties maintain their intransigent attitudes. |
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| (adj)offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
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| (n)generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
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(n)a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
The field officer required a thorough reconnaissance before ordering any troop movements |
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| (v)to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
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| (adj)habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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| (v)to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation or postone a decision; to compromise |
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(adj)capable of being held or defended
The researchers put forth a tenabletheory, but their conclusions would be reviewed carefully by others. |
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