Vocab Fall List 3

Coherent:logically connected; consistent- a coherent argument.

Belabor:to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary-He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.

Eschew:to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid-to eschew evil.

Acquisitive:tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to getwealth, possessions, etc.:-our acquisitive impulses; 

Emulate:to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass:-to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.

Banal:devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:-

• The architecture is, for the most part, banal.
• Excoriation-to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally:
• Congeal:to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:-Sometimes a collection of lesser actions congeal into larger consequences
• Carping:characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous:-carping criticism.
• Substantiate:to establish by proof or competent evidence:-to substantiate a charge.
• Temporize:to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.-The government has felt that it could not temporize with the difficulty any further.
• Largesse:the generous bestowal of gifts, favours, or money-
• Tenable:capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:-But ignoring the people's views is no longer tenable.
• Insatiable:not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased:-These insatiable fish will also prey upon one another.
• Reconnaissance:to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.-
• Germane:closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:-Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
• Ramify:to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.- 
• Intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.-
• Taciturn:inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.-The writer wants to learn why, but does not tell his story, hoping that the taciturn ex-leader will volunteer an explanation.
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