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Acquisitive
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
- syn: greedy, grasping
- ant: unretentive
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Arrogate
to claim or take without right
- syn: commandeer
- ant: abandon
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banal
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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belabor
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
syn: overwork
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Carping
tending to find fault; petty
- syn: nit-picking
- ant: approving
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coherent
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; meaningful
- syn: connected, unified
- ant: chaotic
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congeal
to change from liquid to solid, thicken
- syn: harden, solidify
- ant: melt
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Emulate
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing
syn: copy, mimic
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Encomium
a formal expression of praise
- syn: eulogy
- ant: criticism
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eschew
to avoid, shun, keep away from
- syn: abstain from
- ant: embrace
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Germane
relevant, appropriate
- syn: pertinent
- ant: irrelevant
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insatiable
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
syn: unquenchable
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intransigent
refusing to compromise
- syn: unyielding
- ant: lukewarm, halfhearted
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invidious
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness
- syn: malicious, pejorative
- ant:flattering
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largesse
generosity in giving; lavish contributions
- syn: bounty
- ant: stinginess
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reconnaissance
a survey for military purpose
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substantiate
to establish by evidence, prove
- syn: verify, confirm
- ant: disprove
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taciturn
habitually silent or quiet
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temporize
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time
syn: procrasitinate
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tenable
capable of being held or defended
syn:maintainable
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accost
to approach and speak to first
- syn: confront
- ant: evade, avoid
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animadversion
a comment indicating strong criticism
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avid
desirous of something to the point of greed
- syn: enthusiastic
- ant: indeifferent
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brackish
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
ant: fresh
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devious
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course
- syn: indirect
- ant: straightforward
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gambit
in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrfice
syn: stratagem
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histrionic
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical
syn: stagy
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incendiary
deliberately setting or causing fires
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maelstrom
a whirlpool of great size and violence
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overt
open, not hidden
- syn: clear, obvious
- ant: secret
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pejorative
tending to make worse
ant: complimentary
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propriety
the state of being proper
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sacrilege
improper treatment of something held sacred
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summarily
without delay or formaility
syn: promptly
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suppliant
asking humbly and earnestly; a petitioner
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talisman
an object that serves as a charm
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undulate
to move with a wavelike motion
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Articulate
to pronounce distinctly, to express well in words
- syn: pronounce
- ant: mumble
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cavort
to make merry
syn: gambol
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credence
belief, mental acceptance
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decry
to condemn, express strong disapproval
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dissemble
to disguise or conceal
syn: mask
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eulogy
a formal statement of commendation
- syn: encomium
- ant: invective
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evince
to display clearly, to provoke
syn: manifest
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exhume
to remove from a grave; to bring to light
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feckless
lacking in spirit and strength
- syn: feeble, helpless
- ant: effective
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piquant
stimulating to the taste of mind
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Primordial
developed or created at thee very beginning
syn: original, primal
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proprinquity
nearness in place or time
- syn: proximity
- ant: distance
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unwonted
not usual or expected
- syn: unusual, uncommon
- ant: usual, typical
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utopian
founded upon a visionary view of an ideal world
- syn: idealistic
- ant: realistic
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Verbiage
wordiness; a manner of expression
syn: jargon
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verdant
green tint or color; immature
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