Unit 1 Flashcards
acquisitive
able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
SYN: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
ANT: altruistic, unretentive
arrogate
to claim or take without right
SYN: expropriate,usurp, commandeer
ANT: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
banal
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
SYN: stale, insipid,
ANT: fresh, novel, original, new
belabor
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
SYN: overwork
carping
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
SYN: nitpicking, caviling
ANT: approving, uncritical
coherent
holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
SYN: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
ANT: muddled, chaotic, disjointed
congeal
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
SYN: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
ANT: melt, liquefy
emulate
to imitate with the intent of equalling or surpassing the model
SYN: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to
encomium
formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
SYN: panegyric, eulogy, commendation
ANT: condemnation, castigation, criticism
eschew
to avoid, shun, keep away from
SYN: abstain from, steer clear of, forgo
ANT: embrace, adopt
germane
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
SYN: pertinent
ANT: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
insatiable
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
SYN: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
intransigent
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
SYN: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
ANT: lukewarm, half hearted, yielding
invidious
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
SYN: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
ANT: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative
largesse
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
SYN: liberality, munificence, bounty
ANT:stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness
