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| substantiate | To establish by evidence; to give concrete or substantial form to (Syn) Verify, confirm, validate (Ant) Refute, disprove, invalidate |
| taciturn | Habitually silent or quiet (Syn) Uncommunicative, tight-lipped, laconic (Ant) Prolix, loquacious, verbose |
| germane | Relevant, appropriate, filling. (Syn) Pertinent (Ant) Inappropriate, extraneous, irrelevant |
| encomium | A formal expression of praise (Syn) Eulogy, Commendation (Ant) Condemnatio, criticism |
| reconnaissance | A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection (Syn) Scouting expedition |
| tenable | Capable of being held or defended (Syn) Defensable, Justifiable (Ant) Unjustifiable, Undefensable |
| belabor | To work on excessively; to thrash soundly (Syn) Overwork |
| arrogate | To claim or take without right (Syn) Usurp. Commandeer (Ant) Reliquish, renounce, abdicate |
| insatiable | So great or demanding as not to be satisfied (Syn) Ravenous, Voracious, unquenchable |
| banal | Hackneyed, trite, commonplace (Syn) Stale, insipid (Ant) Fresh, novel, new |
| temporize | To stall or act evasively in order to gain time; to compromise(Syn)hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
| intransigent | Refusing to compromise, irreconcilable(Syn)uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate(Ant) Lukewarm, yielding, halfhearted |
| congeal | To change from liquid to solid; To make inflexible or rigid(Syn)harden, jell, coagulate, solidify(Ant) Melt, liquify |
| eschew | To avoid, shun, keep away from (Syn) Abstain from, steer clear of, forgo (Ant) Embrace, adopt |
| carping | Tending to find fault in; petty, nagging criticism (Syn)nit-picking, hairsplitting, caviling (Ant) Approving, uncritical |
| largesse | Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions (Syn)liberality, munificence, bounty (Ant) Stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
| coherent | Holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful (Syn) Connected, unified, consistent, cohesive (Ant) Muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
| emulate | To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model (Syn) Copy, mimic, ribal match, measure up to |
| acquisitve | Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property (Syn) greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive (Ant) Altruistic unretentive |
| invidious | Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment (Syn)malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative (Ant) Complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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