week 11 coerce: -The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army.

comprehensive: -We offer our customers a comprehensive range of financial products. -a comprehensive guide to British hotels and restaurants -The following guidelines do not aim to be totally comprehensive. -a thorough and comprehensive review of the case -a comprehensive study of alcoholism -No system has failed as comprehensively as the prison system. conjecture: -What she said was pure conjecture. -There has been some conjecture about a possible merger. -My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct. -It seems reasonable to conjecture that these conditions breed violence. corroborate: -We now have new evidence to corroborate the defendant's story. -Experiments elsewhere corroborate these results. -corroborative evidence domicile: -Military service entails frequent changes of domicile. elapse: -Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial. -The assignment must be completed within an overall elapsed time of one week. fruitless: -a fruitless attempt to settle the dispute

-So far, their search has been fruitless. garbled: -The papers had some garbled version of the story. -a garbled phone message inundate: -After the broadcast, we were inundated with requests for more information. -The tidal wave inundated vast areas of cropland. lax: -The company has been lax in carrying out its duties. -lax security lurid: -lurid headlines -He told me in lurid detail what would happen to me. -a lurid orange dress meticulous: -He kept meticulous accounts. -Their planning and preparation were meticulous. -He cleaned the tools with meticulous care. -The book describes his journey in meticulous detail. -He was meticulous in his use of words. -He has always been so meticulous about his appearance. -The attack was meticulously planned and executed. obviate: -The new treatment obviates the need for surgery. phlegmatic: -The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request.

poignant: -a poignant reminder of our nation's great sacrifices -a poignantly expressed tribute to his father quip: -'Giving up smoking is easy,' he quipped. 'I've done it hundreds of times.' -an amusing quip rash: -Please Jessie, don't do anything rash. -Don't go making any rash decisions about your future! -It was rather rash of you to lend them your car. -I rashly agreed to look after the children. -She had a nasty rash on her arm. -My mother comes out in a rash if she eats seafood. -Most babies get nappy rash at some stage. -a heat rash (=a rash caused by heat) -There's been a rash of car thefts in the city centre. sanguine: -Other economists are more sanguine about the possibility of inflation. -a sanguine view sporadic: -There has been sporadic violence downtown. -The fighting continued sporadically for several days. zealous: -a zealous preacher -zealous political activists -No one was more zealous than Neil in supporting the proposal.