Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Vocab words

1. Encomium: Expression of high praise.

2. Coherent: Logically connected; Consistent.

3. Belabor: To explain, worry about  repeatedly or more than is necessary.

4. Eschew: stay away from; shun; avoid.

5. Acquisitive: Tending or seeking to aquire and own; often greedily.

6. Emulate: To try to equal or excel.

7. Arrogate: To claim unwarrantably or presumptuously.

8. Banal: Devoid of freshness or originality.

9. Excoriation: To strip the skin from a human or animal.

10. Congeal: To change from a soft or fluid state to a ridged and solid state.

11. Carping: Characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding.

12. Substantiate: To establish by proof or competent evidence.

13. Temporize: To be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.

14. Largesse: Generous bestowal of gifts.

15. Tenable: Capable of being held, maintained or defended.

16. Insatiable: Incapible of beng satisfied or appeased.

17. Reconnaissance: A search used for useful military information in the field.

18. Germane: Closely or significantly related.

19. Ramify: To divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts.

20. Intransigent: Refusing to agree or compromise.

21. Taciturn: Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

22. Invidious: to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hatefull.

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