acquisitive

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 petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism

syn: nit-picking, 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 a liquid to a solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

syn: harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

ant: melt, liquify

emulate

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.

syn: copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

encomium

a 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, halfhearted, 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

reconnaissance

a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

syn: scouting, expedition

substantiate

to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

syn: verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

ant: refute, disprove, invalidate

taciturn

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

syn: tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

ant: garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

temporize

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

syn: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

tenable

capable of being held or defended

syn: defensible, justifiable, maintainable

ant: indefensible, unjustifiable