Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Vocab List #3

Coherent: logical and consistentBelabor: argue or elaborateEschew: deliberately avoid usingAcquisitive: interested in acquiring money or material thingsEmulate: match or surpassBanal: lacking in originalityExcoriation: to strip off or remove

Congeal:   

Carping: difficult to pleaseSubstantiate: to provide evidence to support or prove the truthTemporize: avoid to making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain timeLargesse: generosity on bestowing money or gifts upon othersTenable: able to be maintained or defend by an attackInsatiable: impossible to satisfyReconnaissance: military observation of region to locate an enemyGermane: relevant to a subject under considerationRamify: form branches or offshootsIntransigent: unwilling or refusing to change ones view to agree to something