Acquisitive adj Able to get and retain ideas or information concerned with acquiring wealth or property Syn greedy grasping avaricious retentive Ant altruistic unretentive acquiring stuff ID: 764858
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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
Arrogate (v) To claim or take without rightSyn: expropriate, usurp, commandeerAnt: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon**aaarrrrggggh!
Banal (adj) Hackneyed, trite, commonplaceSyn: stale, insipidAnt: fresh, novel, original, new**blaaah
Belabor (v) To work on excessively; to thrash soundlySyn: overwork**labor
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…
Coherent (adj) Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningfulSyn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesiveAnt: muddled, chaotic, disjointed**co - together
Congeal (v) To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigidSyn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidifyAnt: melt, liquefy**geal - jell
Emulate (v) To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the modelSyn: copy, mimic, rival**imitate
Encomium (n) A formal expression of praise, a lavish tributeSyn: eulogy, commendationAnt: condemnation, criticism** Come listen to this greattribute album.
Eschew (v) To avoid, shun, keep away fromSyn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgoAnt: embrace, adopt**stay away if someone says “achooooo!”
Germane (adj) Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fittingSyn: pertinentAnt: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate**germs - germane to sickness
Insatiable (adj) So great or demanding as not to be satisfiedSyn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious**can’t be satisfied
Intransigent (adj) Refusing to compromise, irreconcilableSyn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurateAnt: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding**Won’t do transaction.
Invidious (adj) Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentmentSyn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorativeAnt: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative**It is hideous to be invidious.
Largesse (n) Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributionsSyn: liberality, munificence, bountyAnt: stinginess, miserliness**giving LARGE
Reconnaissance (n) A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examinationSyn: scouting expedition **go on recon
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
Taciturn (adj) Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very littleSyn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconicAnt: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose**The taxi driver is taciturn.
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
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 A +