Vocab #3

Coherent- Logical and Consistent
The employee is very coherent on getting on time.
Belabor- Argument or elaborate in excessive detail
The debate team are very belabor
Eschew- Deliberately avoid using
People were very eschew about going down that road.
Acquisitive- excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
The young man was very acquisitive about work.
Emulate- match or surpass
He emulated the old man in order to find water.
Banal- So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
The children were very banal when they got back to school.
Excoriation- Harsh criticism
The people were excoriation on the teens.
Congeal- Solidify or coagulate
The congealed back their relationship.
Carping- Difficult to please
The student's mom was very carp.
Substantiate- provide evidence to support or prove the truth of
The lawyers had to substantiate in order to prove him innocent.
Temporize- Avoid making a decision
The opportunity was missed because the mayor still temporized.
 Largesse- Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others
They were largesse about giving money to the charity.
Tenable- able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
They were very tenable on protecting their town.
Insatiable- impossible to satisfy
The children were very insatiable.
 Reconnaissance- military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features
The army was told to reconnaissance the area before going into battle.
Germane- relevant to a subject under consideration
They were working on graphs, which was germane.
Ramify- form branches or offshoots; spread or branch out
The school district were ramified.
Intransigent- unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something
The people across the street were very intransigent.
Taciturn-  reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
The students in the back of the room were taciturn.