Vocab #3

coherent: logical and consistent.
belabor:argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail.
eschew:deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
acquisitive:excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
emulate:match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
banal:so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
excoriation
congeal:solidify or coagulate, difficult to please; critical.especially by cooling.
carping:difficult to please; critical.
substantiate:provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.
temporize:avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.
largesse:generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.
tenable:able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
insatiable:impossible to satisfy.
reconnaissance:military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
germane:relevant to a subject under consideration.
ramify:form branches or offshoots; spread or branch out.
intransigent:unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
taciturn:reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

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