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| (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property. greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive. |
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| (v.) to claim or take without right. expropiate, ursurp, commandeer. |
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| (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace, stale, insipid. |
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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly. overwork.
-His tendency to belabor the small points often made him miss the big picture. |
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| (adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism. |
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| (v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
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| (v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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| (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute. panegyric, eulogy, commendation |
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| (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from. abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
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| (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting, pertinent. |
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| (adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting, pertinent. |
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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied. unquenchable, ravenous, voracious.
-People with an insatiable appetite for gossip often do not have compelling stories of their own. |
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| (adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcialable, uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate. |
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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitteress and resentment
-Teachers should avoid making invidious comparisons bwtween their students. |
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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.
-the university was the fortunate beneficiaty of the largesse of many of its graduates. |
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| (n.) a survery made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination. |
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(v.) to establish by evidencce, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.
-The prospector was unable to suvstantiate his claim to the land where the gold was found. |
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| (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little. |
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| (v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise. |
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended.
-The reserchers put forth a tenable theory, but their conclusions would be reviewed carefully by others. |
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(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
-The inexperienced filmmaker was disheartened by the animadversion of the film critic. |
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| (adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
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| (n.) swiftnes, rapidity of motion or action |
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| (n.) in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type. |
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| (n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent. |
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| (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic. |
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| (adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliverately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife. |
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(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction.
-Many innocent people caught in the maelstrom of the revolution lost their lives and property. |
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| (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment. |
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| (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized. |
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| (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling. |
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(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable.
-The social worker questioned the propriety of the police's request to see confidential records. |
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(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred.
-The anthopologist was accused of committing a sacrilege when she disturbed an ancient burial ground. |
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(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely, promptly, abruptly, peremptorily.
-As soon as there was evidence or criminal wrongdoing, the official was summarily ousted from his post. |
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(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor.
-He made a suppliant address to the parole board.
-Stranded in the deserted ciry of Moscow, Napoleon had to turn to the Czar not as a conqueror but as a suppliant. |
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| (v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate. denounce, censure, devalue |
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(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression. dissimulate, mask, feign.
-The young man was unable to dissemble his feelings and admitted to having committed the crime. |
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| (n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise. tribute, testimonial, encomium. |
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(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke. EXHIBIT, manifest, occasion.
-The crown did not evince any signs of panic but moved in an orderly fashion to the nearest exits. |
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(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable. feeble, helpless, incompetent.
-Although a feckless youth, he eventually matured into a hard-working and responsible citizen. |
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| (adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision. |
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| (adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
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| (adj.) stimulating to th etaste OR MIND; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative. |
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(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship. proximity, similarity.
-The propinquity of the two cities has created a greater metropolitan area that in effect is one city. |
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| (adj.) not usual or expected; not in character. unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atypical. |
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(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression. verbosity.
-The contract was full of meaningless verbiage that seemed designed to confuse the lay person. |
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| (adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement. |
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