Unit 1 Focus Words

Banal (adj.)

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

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Belabor (v.)

To work on excessively; to thrash soundly.

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Coherent (adj.)

holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

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Congeal (v.)

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

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Emulate (v.)

to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

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Insatiable (adj.)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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Intransigent (adj.)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

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Substantiate (v.)

To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to.

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Tenable (adj.)

capable of being held or defended