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

s: greedy, grasping, avaricious,

a: altruistic, unretentive

(v.) to claim or take without right

s: expropriate, usurp, commandeer

a: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

s: stale, insipid

a: fresh, novel, original, new

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

s: overwork

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

s: nit-picking, caviling

a: approving, uncritical

(adj.) holding ro sticking tofether; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

s: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

a: muddled, chaotic, disjointed

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

s: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

a: melt, liquefy

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

s: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure

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

s: panegyric, eulogy, commendation

a: condemnation, castigation, criticism

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

s: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

a: embrace, adopt

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

s: pertinent

a: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

(adj.) so great or damnading as not to be satisfied

s: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

s: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

a: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

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

s: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

a: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

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

s: liberality, munificence, bounty

a: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness

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

s: scouting expedition

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

s: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

a: refute, disprove, invalidate

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

s: light-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

a: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

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

s: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

(adj.) capable of being held or defended

s: defensible, justifiable, maintainable

a: indefensible, unjustifiable