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After having a stroke, a person will be unable to hold a ___ conversation with someone.
coherent
The writer's tendency to ___ the story he was writing caused him to make simple writing mistakes.
belabor
The poet received much ___ for her wonderous depiction of a bird swimming through the sea of clouds.
encomium
The scout had to perform a ___ in the middle of the night.
reconnaissance
The politician's attempt at a noble speech turned into a bunch of ___ nonsense. He brought up the basic promise of making Fixing America.
banal
Modern Gaming consoles can ___ older generations of games (such as the Nintendo switch).
emulate
The young boy was taught to ___ bad people like the guy giving candy out of his van.
eschew
Charity organizations require people to have ample ___ in order to function.
largesse
Artists have to ignore the constant ___ of critics and try to paint in their own unique way.
carping
Dr. Pablo Escobar had to ___ from his slimy form into human form to conduct his experiments properly.
congeal
invidious
The stereotype of American school shootings involves a ___ kid who has had enough.
taciturn
Modern America is built upon the ___ principle of consumerism.
acquisitive
Please try to bring ___ topics into this discussion instead of randomly talking about Gunther's Marsupial frog.
germane
The young player held an ___ attitude about which game should go where on a tier list, aggravating his friend.
intransigent
the researcher put forth a very controversial yet ___ theory about mankind's true nature.
tenable
Colonizers would often ___ the land of the people already living there without remorse for their culture or history.
arrogate
Dr. Pablo Escobar's ___ thirst for knowledge led him to perform in-depth studies on humans.
insatiable
It would help if you found something to ___ your argument.
substantiate
the unprepared student had to ____ his presentation in order to meet the minimum time requirement for a passing grade
temporize