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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
SYNONYMS: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive |
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(v.) to claim or take without right
SYNONYMS: expropriate, usurp, commandeer |
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
SYNONYMS: stale, insipid |
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(v.) to work on excessively; th thrash soundly
SYNONYMS: overwork |
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
SYNONYMS: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling |
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
SYNONYMS: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
SYNONYMS: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
SYNONYM: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
SYNONYMS: panegyric, eulogy, commendation |
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
SYNONYMS: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
SYNONYMS: pertinent |
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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
SYNONYMS: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
SYNONYMS: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
SYNONYMS: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative |
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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
SYNONYMS: liberality, munificence, bounty |
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(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
SYNONYMS: scouting expedition |
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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
SYNONYMS: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate |
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
SYNONYMS: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
SYNONYMS: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
SYNONYMS: defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
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