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Acquisitive ( adj ) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring Acquisitive ( adj ) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring

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Acquisitive ( adj ) Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring - PPT Presentation

Syn greedy grasping avaricious retentive Ant altruistic unretentive acquiring stuff Arrogate v To claim or take without right Syn expropriate usurp commandeer Ant relinquish renounce abdicate abandon ID: 760633

unjustifiable indefensible tending taciturn indefensible unjustifiable taciturn tending petty claim avoid giving jell give invidious acquiring lavish germane imitate

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Acquisitive (adj)

Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or propertySyn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentiveAnt: altruistic, unretentive**acquiring stuff

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Arrogate (v)

To claim or take without rightSyn: expropriate, usurp, commandeerAnt: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon**aaarrrrggggh!

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Banal (adj)

Hackneyed, trite, commonplaceSyn: stale, insipidAnt: fresh, novel, original, new**blaaah

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Belabor (v)

To work on excessively; to thrash soundlySyn: overwork**labor

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Carping (adj)(n)

Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticismSyn: nit-picking, cavilingAnt: approving, uncritical**One who harps on…

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Coherent (adj)

Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningfulSyn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesiveAnt: muddled, chaotic, disjointed**co - together

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Congeal (v)

To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigidSyn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidifyAnt: melt, liquefy**geal - jell

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Emulate (v)

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the modelSyn: copy, mimic, rival**imitate

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Encomium (n)

A formal expression of praise, a lavish tributeSyn: eulogy, commendationAnt: condemnation, criticism** Come listen to this greattribute album.

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Eschew (v)

To avoid, shun, keep away fromSyn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgoAnt: embrace, adopt**stay away if someone says “achooooo!”

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Germane (adj)

Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fittingSyn: pertinentAnt: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate**germs - germane to sickness

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Insatiable (adj)

So great or demanding as not to be satisfiedSyn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious**can’t be satisfied

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Intransigent (adj)

Refusing to compromise, irreconcilableSyn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurateAnt: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding**Won’t do transaction.

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Invidious (adj)

Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentmentSyn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorativeAnt: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative**It is hideous to be invidious.

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Largesse (n)

Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributionsSyn: liberality, munificence, bountyAnt: stinginess, miserliness**giving LARGE

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Reconnaissance (n)

A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examinationSyn: scouting expedition **go on recon

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Substantiate (v)

To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form toSyn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticateAnt: refute, disprove, invalidate**give substance to a claim

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Taciturn (adj)

Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very littleSyn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconicAnt: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose**The taxi driver is taciturn.

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Temporize (v)

To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromiseSyn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinateAnt: indefensible, unjustifiable** to temporarily delay

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Tenable (adj)

Capable of being held or defendedSyn: defensible, justifiable, maintainableAnt: indefensible, unjustifiable** I got a 10/10 when I could defend my answers.

QUIZ

10/10

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