synonyms and antonyms VL#1

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Acquisitive (adj.)

S: greedy, mercenary, eager, avaricious, covetous, avid
A: generous, liberal, charitable, altruistic, unselfish, magnanimous

Arrogate (v)

S: seize, usurp, confiscate, grab, occupy, claim
A: none listed

Banal (adj)

S: boring, bland, insipid, dull, tiring, flat
A: poignant, piquant, pungent, spicy, racy, substantial

Belabor (v)

S: emphasize, stress, dwell, pay, underline, underscore
A: forget, ignore, slight, overlook, disregard, pass over

Carping (adj.)

S: critical, captious, judgement, faultfinding, hypercritical, cavilling
A: uncritical, undiscriminating, undemanding, charitable, forgiving, unfussy

Coherent (adj)

S: consistent, compatible, consonant, congruent, harmonious, concordant
A: inconsistent, incompatible, conflicting, incongruous, improper, inappropriate

Congeal (transitive verb)

S: gel, freeze, stiffen, coagulate, jell, gelatinize
A: melt, liquefy, thaw, flux, fuse, liquify

Emulate (v)

S: imitate, copy, mimic, mock, repeat, ape
A: none listed

Encomium (n)

S: tribute, commendation, citation, panegyric, accolade, award
A: condemnation, indictment, denunciation, censure, rebuke, reprimand

Eschew (v)

S: avoid, evade, escape, shun, elude, shake
A: seek, accept, pursue, embrace, welcome, catch

Germane (adj)

S: relevant, applicable, pertinent, relative, pointed, to the point
A: irrelevant, immaterial, inapplicable, extraneous, inapposite, trivial

Insatiable (adj)

S: unquenchable, urgent, avid, insatiate, inextinguishable, controlled
A: satiable, satisfiable, satisfied, satiated, extinguishable, insistent

Intransigent (adj)

S: stubborn, adamant, steadfast, hardened, obdurate, obstinate
A: acquiescent, flexible, amenable, agreeable, complaint, pliant

Invidious (adj)

S: jealous, envious, green with envy, malicious, covetous, resentful
A: generous, kind, charitable, benevolent, altruistic, unenvious

Largesse (noun)

S: generosity, philanthropy, munificence, liberality, bounty, unselfishness
A: selfishness, economy, meanness, cheapness, stinginess, miserliness

Reconnaissance (noun)

S: surveillance, observation, spying, espionage, counterintelligence, counterespionage
A: none listed

Substantiate (verb)

S: verify, confirm, argue, support, corroborate, prove
A: refute, disprove, rebut, contradict, deny, challenge

Taciturn (adj)

S: silent, reserved, restrained, dumb, laconic, reticent
A: talkative, communicative, loquacious, garrulous, outspoken, chatty

Temporize (verb)

S: delay, stall, linger, procrastinate, abdule, play
A: scramble, dart, breeze, run, hurtle, hump

Tenable (adj)

S: defendable, defended, defensible, served, protected, secure
A: untenable, indefensible, vulnerable, liable, susceptible, open