Vocab:
coherent: logically connected; consistant
belabor: to explain, worry about, repeatedly
eschew: to abstain, keep away from, avoid
acquisitive: tending or seeking to acquire or own
emulate: to try to equal excel, imitate with effort
banal: devoid or freshness
excoriation: the act of excoriating
congeal: to make or become fixed
carping: characterized by fuzzy or petulant, criticism
substantiate: to establish by proof or competent evidence
temporize: to gain time or delay acting
largesse:  generous bestowal of gifts
tenable: capable of being held, maintained or defended
insatiable: not satiable, incapable of being satisfied
reconnaissance: the act of reconnoitering
germane: closely or significantly related
ramify: to divide or spread out into branches
intransigent: refusing to agree
taciturn: inclined to silence; reserved in speech