| Term | Definition |
|---|
| tenable | (adj) capable of being held or defended |
| tenable (syn) | defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
| tenable (ant) | indefensible, unjustifiable |
| temporize | (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time or avoid a confrontation , to compromise |
| temporize (syn) | hedge, dilly dally, procrastinate |
| taciturn | (adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| taciturn (syn) | tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
| taciturn (ant) | garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose |
| substantiate | (v) to establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to |
| substantiate (syn) | verify, authenticate, confirm, validate |
| substantiate (ant) | refute, disprove, invalidate |
| acquisitive | (adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with aquiring wealth or prosperity |
| acquisitive (syn) | greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive |
| acquisitive (ant) | altruistic, unretentive |
| arrogate | (v) to claim or take without right |
| arrogate (syn) | expropriate, usurp, commandeer |
| arrogate (ant) | relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
| banal | (adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| banal (syn) | stale, insipid |
| banal (ant) | fresh, novel, original, new |
| belabor | (v) to work on excessively, to thrash soundly |
| belabor (syn) | overwork |
| carping | (adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging, criticism |
| carping (ant) | approving, uncritical (adj) |
| carping (syn) | nit-picking, caviling (adj) |
| coherent | (adj) holding or sticking together, making a logical whole, comprehensible, meaningful, understandable |
| coherent (syn) | connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
| coherent (ant) | muddled, chaotic, disjointed |
| congeal | (v) to change from liquid to solid; thicken to make inflexible or rigid |
| congeal (syn) | harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
| congeal (ant) | melt, liquefy |
| insatiable | (adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| insatiable (syn) | unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
| germane | (adj) relevant, appropriate, appropros, fitting |
| germane (syn) | pertinent |
| germane (ant) | irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate |
| eschew | (v) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| eschew (syn) | abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
| eschew (ant) | embrace, adopt |
| encomium | (n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| encomium (syn) | panegyric, eulogy, commendation |
| encomium (ant) | condemnation, castigation, criticism |
| emulate | (v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
| emulate (syn) | copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
| reconnaissance | (n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| reconaissance (syn) | scoutting, expedition |
| largesse | (n) generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions |
| largesse (syn) | liberality, manificence, bounty |
| largesse (ant) | stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
| invidious | (adj) offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| invidious (syn) | malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, perjorative |
| invidious (ant) | complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
| intransigent | (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| intransigent (syn) | uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
| intransigent (ant) | lukewarm, half-hearted, yielding |
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