List A Flashcards
(36 cards)
Acquisitive synonyms
Greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
Acquisitive
Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Acquisitive Antonyms
Altrulstic, unretentive
Arrogate
To claim or take without right
Arrogate synonyms
Expropriate, usurp, commandeer
Arrogate ant
Relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
Banal
Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Banal synonyms
Stale, insipid
Banal ant
Fresh, novel, original, new
Belabor
To work extensively; to thrash soundly
Belabor synonyms
Overwork
Carping
Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way. Petty nagging criticism
Coherent
Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; meaningful
Coherent synonyms
Connected, unified, consistant, cohesive
Coherent ant
Muddled, chaotic, disjointed
Coherent in sent
The physics teacher gave a surprisingly coherent description of quantum mechanics
Acquisitive sent
In an aquistive society, there is a great deal of emphasis on buying and selling
Arrogate sent
The ambitious noblemen will put the young king under house arrest and arrogate royal privilges to themselves
Banal sent
The new plays banal dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera than a serious drama.
Belabor sent
His tendency to belabor the small points often made him miss the big picture
Carping sent
The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with the carping complaints of the sales manager
Congeal
A change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
Congeal synonyms
Harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
Congeal ant
Melt, liquefy