Vocab List 1

Question 0

Coherent

Answer 0

Able to speak clearly and logically

Question 1

Encomium

Answer 1

A speech or a piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Question 2

Belabor

Answer 2

1. ) Argue or elaborate in excessive detail

2. ) attack or insult someone physically or verbally

Question 3

Eschew

Answer 3

Deliberately avoid using; abstain from

Question 4

Acquisitive

Answer 4

Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

Question 5

Brackish

Answer 5

Living in or requiring such water (fish)

Question 6

Emulate

Answer 6

Match or surpass a person or achievement

Question 7

Arrogant

Answer 7

Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of ones own importance or abilities

Question 8

Banal

Answer 8

So lacking in originality as to be obvious or boring

Question 9

Excoriation

Answer 9

Severe disproval

Question 10

Congeal

Answer 10

To solidify by cooling (the blood has congealed into blobs)

Question 11

Carping

Answer 11

Difficult to please

Question 12

Substantiate

Answer 12

Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Question 13

Temporize

Answer 13

Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

Question 14

Largesse

Answer 14

Money or gifts given generously

Question 15

Tenable

Answer 15

Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection (scholarship)

Question 16

Insatiable

Answer 16

Impossible to satisfy (an appetite or hunger)

Question 17

Reconnaissance

Answer 17

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features

Question 18

Germane

Answer 18

Relevant to a subject under consideration (relevant)

Question 19

Ramify

Answer 19

Cause to branch or spread out