Thursday, September 8, 2016

Vocabulary list #3

1. Coherent: logical and consistent
2. Belabor: argue or elaborate in detail
3. Eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from
4. Acquisitive: excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
5. Emulate: match or surpass a person
6. Banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
7. Excoriation: harsh criticism
8. Congeal: solidify, especially by cooling
9. Carping: difficult to please; ciritical
10. Substantiate: provide evidence to support or prove the truth of
11.Temporize: avoid making a decision
12. Largesse: genorosity in bewstowing money or gifts upon others
13. Tenable: able to be maintained or defended against attack
14. Insatiable: (appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy
15. Reconnaissance: military observation of a region to locate an enemy
16. Germane: relevant to a subject under consideration
17. Ramify: form branches, spread out
18. Intransigent: unwilling or refusing to change ones views, or to agree to something
19. Taciturn: reserved or uncommunicative in speech, saying little

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