Vocabulary list 3

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Coherent: logical and consistent

Belabor: argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail

Eschew: deliberately avoid using

Acquisitive: excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

Emulate: match or surpass(a person or achievement) typically by imitation

Banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Congeal: solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling

Excoriation: skinning disorder

Carping: difficult to please; critical

Substantiate: provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Temporize: avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

Largesse: generosity in bestowing money or in gifts to others

Tenable: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

Insatiable: impossible to satisfy

Reconnaissance: military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features

Germane: relevant to a subject under consideration

Ramify: from branches or offshoots; spread or branch out

Intransigent: unwilling or refusing to change ones view or to agree about something

Taciturn: reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

 

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