Encomium- Formal praise.
- The professor have the student encomium for her essay.
Coherent- sticking together
- The drum line was coherent.
Belabor- to discuss or worry about for an unreasonable amount of time
- The girl belabored about what her punishment would be.
Eschew- to keep away from as something wicked
- It is neccissary to eschew junk food to stay healthy.
Acquisitive- the act or an instance of getting possession
- The painting was a huge acquisition for the museum.
Emulate- to imitate with effort to equal or surpass
- The girl tried to emulate the popular girl.
Arrogate- to claim or appropriate to oneself without right
- The girl arrogated the money she found was hers.
Banal- insipid and pointless
- The time was banal to the late student.
Excoriation- to strip off
- The man excoriationed the women of her job.
Congeal- To change from a fluid state to a solid state
- The ice slowly congealed in the sun.
Carping- To find fault Or complain
- Critics are already carping about the new restaurant.
Substantiate- to establish by proof or competent evidence
- The detective substantiated the evidence.
Temporize- to delay making a decision to gain time
- The daughter temporized with her mother so she didn't have to go to bed.
Largesse- generous giving of gift
- The parents were very largesse about christmas gifts for their kids.
Tenable- capable of being held,maintained,or defended
- The girl was very tenable by her boyfriend.
Insatiable- incapable of being satisfied
- The girl was insatiable with straight A's.
Reconnaissance- close examination or survey of a region
- The school had a reconnaissance of the new student before school started.
Germane- closely of significantly related
- The topic was extremely germane of the story.
Ramify- to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts
- The government decided to ramifty the state.
Intransigent- uncompromising
- The students were intransigent of the teacher.
Taciturn- temperamentally not speaking much
- The girl was taciturn after she head the sad news.
Invidious- causing resentment
- The girl was mad making her invidious after the boy pushed her.
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