Tuesday, September 4, 2012

September 4th vocab words and Definitions

 encomium:  A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
 coherent:  Logical and consisten 
 belabor:  Argue or elaborate/ Attack or assault 
 eschew: Deliberately avoid using; abstain from 
 acquisitive: Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things 
 emulate: 
Match or surpass 
 arrogate: Take or claim 
 banal: So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring 
 excoriation: abrasion: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. 
 congeal: Solidify or coagulate
 carping: Difficult to please 
 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: Preliminary surveying or research: 
 germane: Relevant to a subject under consideration 
 ramify: Cause to branch or spread out 
 intransigent: Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something 
 taciturn: Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. 
 invidious: Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others

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