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generosity in giving; lavish/bountiful contribution
syn: liberality, munificence, bounty
ant: stinginess, miserliness
Noun
Largesse
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Relevent, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Syn: Pertinent
Ant: irrelevent, extraneous, inappropriate
Adjective
Germane
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To claim or take without right
syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ant: reliquish, renounce
verb
Arrogate
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Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
syn: stale, insipid
ant: fresh, novel, original, new
Adjective
Banal
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Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned withaquiring wealth/property
syn: greedy, grasping, retentive
ant:altruistic, unretentive
Adjective
Acquisitive
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To imitate with the intent or equaling or surpassing the model
syn: copy, mimis, match
verb
Emulate
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Offinsive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
syn:malicous, spiteful, prejudicial
ant: complimentary, flattering
Adjective
Invidious
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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
syn: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
ant: condemnation, castigation, criticism
noun
Encomium
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
ant: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
adjective
Intransigent
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To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
syn: harden, jell, coaluate
ant: melt, liquefy
Verb
Congeal
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Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Syn: tight-lipped, laconic
ant: garrulous, loquacious
adjective
Taciturn
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Capable of being held or defended
syn: defensible, justifiable
adjective
Tenable
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To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
syn: verify, confirm, validate
ant: disprove, invalidate
verb
Sunstantiate
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A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection
syn: scouting expedition
noun
Reconnaissance
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to work excessively; to thrash soundly
syn: Overwork
verb
Belabor
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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confronation; or postpone a decision; to compromise
syn: hedge, dillydally
verb
Temporize
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Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
syn: connected, unified, consistant
ant: muddle, chaotic, disjointed
adjective
Coherent
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
syn: abstain from, forgo
ant: embrace, adopt
verb
Eschew
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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
syn: nit-picking, caviling
ant: approving, uncitical
adjective and noun
Carping
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So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
syn: unquenchable, raveous, voracious
adjective
Insatiable
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