List A Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Acquisitive synonyms

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Greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive

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Acquisitive

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Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

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Acquisitive Antonyms

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Altrulstic, unretentive

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Arrogate

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To claim or take without right

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Arrogate synonyms

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Expropriate, usurp, commandeer

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Arrogate ant

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Relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

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Banal

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Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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Banal synonyms

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Stale, insipid

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Banal ant

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Fresh, novel, original, new

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Belabor

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To work extensively; to thrash soundly

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Belabor synonyms

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Overwork

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Carping

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Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. Petty nagging criticism

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Coherent

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Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; meaningful

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Coherent synonyms

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Connected, unified, consistant, cohesive

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Coherent ant

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Muddled, chaotic, disjointed

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Coherent in sent

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The physics teacher gave a surprisingly coherent description of quantum mechanics

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Acquisitive sent

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In an aquistive society, there is a great deal of emphasis on buying and selling

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Arrogate sent

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The ambitious noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and arrogate royal privilges to themselves

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Banal sent

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The new plays banal dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera than a serious drama.

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Belabor sent

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His tendency to belabor the small points often made him miss the big picture

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Carping sent

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The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the carping complaints of the sales manager

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Congeal

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A change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

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Congeal synonyms

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Harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

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Congeal ant

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Melt, liquefy

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Congeal sent
If you do not wash your dishes right away, the food on them will congeal
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Emulate
To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Emulate synonyms
Copy, rival, match, measure up to
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Emulate sent
Most beginning writers try to emulate a great writer and later develop their own individual styles
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Encomium
A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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Encomium synonyms
Panegyric, eulogy, commendation
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Encomium ant
Condemination, castigation, criticism
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Encomium sent
On Veteans Day, the President delivered a heartfelt encomium to those who died for thier country
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Eschew
To avoid, shun, keep away from
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Eschew synonyms
Abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
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Eschew ant
Embrace, adopt
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Eschew sent
The young athletes promised the coach they would train vigorously and eschew bad habits.