Unit 1 Vocab

78651516	enconium	a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
78651517	coherent	holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
78651518	belabor	to worl on excessively, to thrash soundly
78651519	eschew	to avoid, shun, keep away from
78651520	acquisitive	able to get and to retain ideas or information; concerned with getting wealth
78651521	emulate	to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
78651522	arrogate	to claim or take without right
78651523	banal	hackneyed, trite, commonplace
78651524	excoriation	a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing at the skin
78651525	congeal	to change from liquid or solid, thicken to make inflexible or rigid
78651526	carping	tending to find fault in a nast hairsplitting way
78651527	substantiate	to establish in eveidence, have concrete evidence, prove
78651528	temporize	to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation, postpone
78651529	largesse	generosity in giving, lavish bountiful contribution
78651530	tenable	capable of being held or defended
78651531	insatiable	so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
78651532	reconnaissance	a survey made for military purpose; preliminary inspection or examination
78651533	germane	relevent, appropriate, apropos
78651534	ramify	to divide and spread out like branches
78651535	intransigent	refusing to compromise, irreconcialble
78651536	taciturn	habitually silent or quite, inclined to talk very little
78651537	invidious	offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment