Friday, September 16, 2016

Vocab #3

1. Coherent: logical and consistant.

2. Belabor: Argue or elaborate a subject in excessive detail.

3. Eschew: Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

4. Acquisitive: Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

5. Emulate: Match or surpass

6. Banal: So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

7. Excoriation: Hash criticism.

8. Congeal: Solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling.

9. Carping: Difficult to please

10. Substantiate: Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

11. Temporize: Avoid making a decision or committing to oneself in order to gain time

12. Largesse: Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.

13. Tenable: Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

14. Insatiable: Impossible to satisfy.

15. Reconnaissance: Military observation of a region to locate an enemy a ascertain strategic features.

16. Germane: Relevant to a subject under consideration.

17. Ramify: From branches or offshoots; spread or branch out.

18. Intransigent: Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.

19. Taciturn: Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

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