Thursday, September 6, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List #3


Encomium: a formal expression of high praise; eulogy.
Coherent: logically connected, consistent; sticking together.
Belabor: to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary.
Eschew: to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid.
Acquisitive: tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily.
Emulate: to try to equal or excel. imitate with effort to equal or surpass.
Arrogate: to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously assume or appropriate to oneself without right.
Banal: devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed.
Excoriation: the act of excoriating.
Congeal: to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles.
Carping: characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding.
Substantiate: to establish by proof or competent evidence.
Temporize: to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
Largess: generous bestowal of gifts; generosity.
Tenable: capable of being held, maintained, or defended against an attack or dispute.
Insatiable: incapable of being satisfied or appeased.
Reconnaissance: the act of reconnoitering.
Germane: closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent.
Ramify: to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.
Intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise.
Taciturn: inclined to silence; reserved to speech.
Invidious: calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense.

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