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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
syn: greedy, avaricious
ant: altruistic, unretentive |
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(v.) to claim or take without right
syn: expropriate, usurp, commandeer
ant: relinquish, abandon |
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite
syn: stale
ant: fresh, new |
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(v) to work on excessively, to thrash soundly
syn: overwork |
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(adj) tending to find fault nastily, (n) petty, nagging criticism
syn: nit-picking
ant: approving |
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