Vocab Unit 1 CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD
Aerial (reconnaissance, encomium) of he enemy's positions provided the general with information he needed to plan his attack.
reconnaissance
The historian needed to scrutinize additional handwriting samples before he could (eschew, substantiate) he signature on the document.
substantiate
What evident can you offer to (substantiate,eschew) the assertion that capital punishment does not deter potential murderers?
substantiate
Famous for his monosyllabic replies to questions and a somber and (taciturn,germane) nature, President Coolidge had the nickname "Silent Cal"
taciturn
The new batting champion in our softball league is a (insatiable, taciturn) young man who prefers to let his bat do his talking for him.
taciturn
Ethelred the Unready was so reluctant to face the Vikings who invaded his kingdom that in effect he (arrogated, temporized) himself off the throne.
temporized
When the evidence of his misconduct became irrefutable, he saw that his position was not (banal, tenable) and resigned.
tenable
Aristotle had such a (tenable, acquisitive) mind that his writings are a veritable gold mine of odd and interesting information.
acquisitive
The Constitution is uniquely designed to provide protection against those who might seek to (substantiate, arrogate) undue power to themselves.
arrogate
In that moment of grief, the conventional expression of sympathy I had always considered (tenable, banal) were surprisingly comforting.
banal
Suddenly a band of ruffians set upon us and began to (congeal, belabor) us with blows and curses.
belabor
Because this committee has (belabored, emulated) the issue of zoning laws for months, we will not invite public comments on it again in tonight's meeting.
belabored
After the editor read the story he returned it to the author with only a few (carping, coherent) criticisms of minor faults penciled in the margin.
carping
The poor woman was in such a state of shock after the accident that she couldn't give a (coherent, taciturn) account of what had happened.
coherent
Instead of opening voter's minds to new ideas, the debate actually (arrogated, congealed) their previous objections to the proposed legislation.
congealed
The mood of easy cordiality with which we began the meeting soon (congealed, temporized) into icy politeness.
congealed
Even a very imperfect human being may sometimes have virtues of mind or character that are worthy of (carping, emulation)
emulation
The speech was so filled with (encomiums, reconnaissance) that I found it hard to believe that the subject of all this acclaim was plain old me.
encomiums
In our attempt to improve the quality of life in America, we should not be too quick to (eschew, cohere) old ideas simply because they are old.
eschew
Your critical comments about my "lack of social background" may be true, but they are not (coherent, germane) to my qualifications for office.
germane
His figure bears witness to his (acquisitive, insatiable) appetite for the pleasures of the table.
insatiable
I am proud to have it said of me that i am stubborn and (invidious, intransigent) when genuine moral issues are involved.
intransigent
"That word has such (invidious, germane) connotation in modern American parlance" I said, "that I would hesitate to use it, even in jest."
invidious
After I mowed the lawn for an hour, he gave me a while dollar with the air of a feudal lord bestowing (largesse, intransigence) on a grateful serf.
largesse
The (carping, largesse) of grateful patients made the clinic's expression possible.
largesse