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acquisitive
- able to get and retain ideas or information
- syn: greedy
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arrogate
- to claim or take without right
- syn: commandeer
- ant: abandon
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banal
- hackneyed, trite, lacking in freshness because of excessive use
- syn: stale
- ant: fresh, original, new
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belabor
- to work on excessively
- syn: overwork
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carping
- tending to find fault, petty, nagging criticism
- syn: nit-picking
- ant: approving, uncritical
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coherent
- holding or sticking together, meaningful, making a logical whole
- syn: connected
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congeal
to change from liquid to solid, thicken
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emulate
- to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
- syn: rival, copy
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eschew
- to avoid, shun, keep away from
- syn: steer clear of
- ant: embrace, adopt
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germane
- relevant, appropiate
- ant: irrelevant, extraneous
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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: uncompromisable
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invidious
- offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
- syn: malicious, spiteful
- ant: flattering, complimentary
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largesse
generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
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reconnaissance
a survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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substantiate
- to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to
- syn: verify, confirm, validate, athenticate
- ant: refute, disprove, invalidate
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taciturn
- habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- syn: uncommunicative
- ant: verbose
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temporize
- to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone e decision
- syn: procrastinate
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tenable
capable of being held or defended
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