Sunday, September 14, 2014

Vocabulary Fall List #3


  1. Coherent- Teachers must be coherent when explaining the assignments to their students.
  2. Belabor- As a lawyer, you have to belabor the jury on behalf of the defendant. 
  3. Eschew- When her and her boyfriend broke up, she tried to eschew him as much as possible.
  4. Acquistive- Some would say gold diggers are much too acquisitive to fall in love.
  5. Emulate- Even if my mom is successful, I wouldn't want to emulate her life.
  6. Banal- The average girl has banal clothing choices.
  7. Excoriate- The last thing I want is excoriation in my life.
  8. Congeal- I can't wash my face until my face mask has congealed.
  9. Carping- It's always hard to please his carping mother.
  10. Substantiate- There was nothing to substantiate that she skipped school.
  11. Temporize- People tend to temporize when it comes to college.
  12. Largesse- The boy showered his girlfriend with largesse.
  13. Tenable- After being attacked, you're no longer tenable
  14. Insatiable- Attics usually have an insatiable hunger for their addiction.
  15. Reconnaissance- Going on a search mission requires high-level reconnaissance.
  16. Germane- Your ideals aren't germane to our ideals.
  17. Ramify- My group of friends has ramified during these last few years.
  18. Intransigent- Americans are known for being intransigent.
  19. Taciturn- The shy kid was quite taciturn.

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