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7507685679Acquisitive(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth and prosperity. SYNONYMS: greedy, avaricious, retentive ANTONYMS: altruistic0
7507706263Arrogate(v.) to claim or take without right. SYNONYMS: expropriate, commandeer ANTONYMS: renounce, abdicate, abandon1
7507722798Banal(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace. SYNONYMS: stale, insipid ANTONYMS; fresh, original, new2
7507733195Belabor(v.) to work excessively;to trash soundly. SYNONYMS: overwork3
7507745082Carping(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism. SYNONYMS: (adj.) nit-picking, caviling ANTONYMS: (adj.) approving, uncritical4
7507776155Coherent(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful. SYNONYMS: connected, united, consistent, cohesive ANTONYMS: muddled, chaotic, disjointed5
7507794163Congeal(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid. SYNONYMS: harden, jell, solidify ANTONYMS: liquefy6
7507811979Emulate(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model. SYNONYMS: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to7
7529392199Encomium(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute. SYNONYMS: panegyric, eulogy ANTONYMS: condemnation, castigation, criticism8
7529397898Eschew(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from. SYNONYMS: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo ANTONYMS: embrace, adopt9
7529405875Germane(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting, SYNONYMS: pertinent ANTONYMS: embrace, adopt10
7529412051Insatiable(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied. SYNONYMS: unquenchable, ravenous11
7529419592Intransigent(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable. SYNONYMS: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate ANTONYMS: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding12
7529435348Invidious(adj.) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment. SYNONYMS: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial ANTONYMS: flattering, ameliorative13
7529443563Largasse(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions. SYNONYMS: liberality, bounty ANTONYMS: stinginess, miserliness14
7529453382Reconnaissance(n.) survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination. SYNONYMS: exploration15
7529494713Substantiate(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to. SYNONYMS: confirm, validate, authenticate ANTONYMS: refute, disprove, invalidate16
7529504721Taciturn(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little. SYNONYMS: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic ANTONYMS: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose17
7529515241Temporize(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise. SYNONYMS: dillydally, procrastinate18
7529520689Tenable(adj.) capable of being held or defended. SYNONYMS: defensible, justifiable, maintainable ANTONYMS: indefensible, unjustifiable19

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