vocab list #3
coherent: logical and consistent belabor: argue or elaborate in excessive detail eschew: avoid , abstain from acquisitive: excessively interested in material things and money. emulate: match or surpass banal: to repeat or to be obvious excoriation: harsh criticism congeal: solidify or cogulate carping : difficult to please substantiate: provide evidence to prove the truth of temporize: avoid making a decision largesse: generosity in bestowing tenable: able to be defended against insatiable: impossible to satisfy reconnaissance: the act scouting. germane: relevant or appropriate ramify: form branches or offshoots intransigent: unwilling or refusing to change ones views taciturn: reserved or uncommunicative