Vocabulary Unit 1

His tendancy to __ the small points often made him miss the big picture

• Belabor

• Invidious

• Coherent

• Congeal

If you do not wash your dishes right away, the food on them will____.

• Eschew

• Congeal

• Temporize

• Germane

The physics teacher gave a surprisingly ___ description of quantum mechanics.

• Coherent

• Tenable

• Intrangient

• Banal

The young athletes promised the coach that they would train vigorously and _____ bad habits.

• Reconnaissance

• Emulate

• Taciturn

• Eschew

The trainee resigned after a week rather than put up with ____ complaints of the sales manager.

• Germane

• Carping

• Arrogate

• Banal

Bringing up examples from the past is not _____ to the present disscussion.

• Enconium

• Banal

• Largesse

• Germane

Little will get accomplished if the legislators of both parties maintain their _____ attitudes.

• Intransigent

• Insatiable

• Invidious

• Banal

The university was the fortunate beneficiary of the ___ of many of its graduates.

• Belabor

• Eschew

• Largesse

• Temporize

Woodrow Wilson has the reputation of having a dour and _____ personality.

• Temporize

• Taciturn

• Invidious

• Germane

The prospector was unable to _____ his claim to the land where the gold was found.

• Arrogate

• Eschew

• Belabor

• Substantiate