acquisitive
(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; conceded with acquiring wealth or property
SYN: greedy, avaricious, retentive
ANT: altruistic
Arrogate
(v.) to claim or take without right
SYN: expropriate, commandeer
ANT: renounce, abdicate, abandon
Banal
(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
SYN: state, insipid
ANT: fresh, original, new
Belabor
(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
SYN: overwork
Carping
(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) nagging criticism
SYN: nit-picking, caviling
ANT: approving, uncritical
Coherent
(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
SYN: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
ANT: muddled, chaotic, disjointed
Congeal
(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
SYN: harden, jell, solidify
ANT: liquefy
Emulate
(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
SYN: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
Encomium
(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
SYN: panegyric, eulogy
ANT: condemnation, castigation, criticism
Eschew
(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
SYN: abstain from, steer, clear of, forgo
AN:T embrace, adopt
Germane
(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
SYN: pertinent
ANT: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
Insatiable
(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
SYN:unquenchable, ravenous
Intransigent
(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
SYN: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
ANT: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
Invidious
(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
SYN: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
ANT: flattering, ameliorative
Largesse
(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
SYN: liberality, bounty
ANT: stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
Reconnaissance
(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
SYN: exploration
Substantiate
(v.) to establish by evidence prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
SYN: confirm, validate, authenticate
ANT: refute, disprove, invalidate
Taciturn
(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
SYN: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic
ANT: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
Temporize
(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision, to compromise
SYN: dillydally, procrastinate
Tenable
(adj.) capable of being held or defended
SYN: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
ANT: indefensible, unjustifiable