Vocabulary List #3

Vocabulary List #3

 

 

 

1. Encomium - The praise of a person or thing.

2. Coherent - Sticking together; Orderly, logical and consistent.

 

3. Belabor - Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail

 

4. Bschew - To abstain or keep away from

5. Acquisitive -Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

6. Emulate - To match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

7. Arrogate - Take or claim (something) for oneself without justification. To take over.

8. Banal - So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

9. Excoriation - To tear or wear off the skin of;

10. Congeal - To change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing

11. Carping - Complain or find fault continually, typically about trivial matters.

12. Substantiate - Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

13. Temporize - To act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision:

14. Largesse - Extreme generosity. liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior

15. Tenable - Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. Capable of being held against assault

16. Insatiable - Impossible to satisfy

17.reconnaissance - An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information.

 

18. Germane - Closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent

19. Ramify - To divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.

 

20. Intransigent - Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.

21. Taciturn - Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

22. Invidious - Tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy