Acquisitive (adj)Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
Syn: greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentiveAnt: altruistic, unretentive
**acquiring stuff
Arrogate (v)
To claim or take without right
Syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeerAnt: relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
**aaarrrrggggh!
Banal (adj)Hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Syn: stale, insipidAnt: fresh, novel, original, new
**blaaah
Carping (adj)(n)Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism
Syn: nit-picking, cavilingAnt: approving, uncritical
**One who harps on…
Coherent (adj)Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Syn: connected, unified, consistent, cohesiveAnt: muddled, chaotic, disjointed
**co - together
Congeal (v)
To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
Syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidifyAnt: melt, liquefy
**geal - jell
Emulate (v)To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Syn: copy, mimic, rival
**imitate
Encomium (n)A formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Syn: eulogy, commendationAnt: condemnation, criticism
** Come listen to this greattribute album.
Eschew (v)
To avoid, shun, keep away from
Syn: abstain from, steer clear of, forgoAnt: embrace, adopt
**stay away if someone says “achooooo!”
Germane (adj)Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Syn: pertinentAnt: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
**germs - germane to sickness
Insatiable (adj)So great or demanding as not to be satisfied
Syn: unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
**can’t be satisfied
Intransigent (adj)
Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Syn: uncompromising, unyielding, obdurateAnt: lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding
**Won’t do transaction.
Invidious (adj)Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
Syn: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorativeAnt: complimentary, flattering, ameliorative
**It is hideous to be invidious.
Largesse (n)Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
Syn: liberality, munificence, bountyAnt: stinginess, miserliness
**giving LARGE
Reconnaissance (n)A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
Syn: scouting expedition
**go on recon
Substantiate (v)To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
Syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticateAnt: refute, disprove, invalidate
**give substance to a claim
Taciturn (adj)Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconicAnt: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose
**The taxi driver is taciturn.
Temporize (v)To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
Syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinateAnt: indefensible, unjustifiable
** to temporarily delay