(v.)

To claim or take without right.

Syn. Expropriate, usurp, commandeer

Anty. Relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

Adj.

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

syn. stale, insipid

ant. frest, novel, original, new

belabor

v.

to work on excessibely; to thrash soundly

syn. overework

adj/n

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

 syn. nitpicking

ant. approving

Adj

Holding or sticking together, maing a logical whole;comprehensible, meaningful

syn. connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

ant. muddled, chaotic, disjointed

v

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

syn. harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

ant. melt, liquefy

emulate

 v

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

syn. copy mimic, rival, match, measure up to

encomium

n

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

syn. panegyric, eulogy, commendation

ant. condemnation, castigation, criticism

v

to avoid, shun, keep away from

syn. abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

ant. embrace, adopt

adj

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

syn. pertinent

ant. irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

adj

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

syn. unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

adj

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

syn. uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

ant. lukewar, halfhearted, yielding

adj

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

syn. malicious, spiteful, prejudicial,  pejorative

ant. complimentary, flatterin, ameliorative

n

generosity in giving; lavsh or bountiful contributions

syn. liverality, munifcence, bounty

ant. stinginess, mserliness, niggarliness

n

a surevey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

syn. liverality, munificence, bounty

v.

to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

syn. verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

ant. refutte, disprove, invalidate

v

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

syn. hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

adj

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.

syn. tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

ant. garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

Tenable

adj

capable of being held of defended

syn. defensible, justifiable, maitainable

ant. indefensible, unjustifiable