🧩 COHERENT: Let's Keep It Together, Shall We?
COHERENT most nearly means: A) compliant; B) concise; C) logical; D) comprehensive. Answer's waiting inside. 👉
This week, every issue will end with a short quiz on the previous five words.
Five questions, multiple choice, answer key at the bottom. It should take you about a minute.
Doing this every day will absolutely improve retention.
📚️ Definition of Coherent
Coherent (adjective):
1. logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
2. able to speak or express oneself in an understandable way, as opposed to someone speaking unintelligibly: after the blow to the head, he was not coherent.
3. having the quality of sticking together or functioning well together: a coherent team.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Coherent
IPA: koˈhi.ɹənt (See IPA key)
Phonetic: ko-HEE-ruhnt
📰 Examples of Coherent
Here are some examples of the word COHERENT:
I was so tired that I couldn’t even write a single coherent sentence on my test.
Xavier presented a coherent argument that convinced the board to install solar panels in the parking lot.
Published in 1787 and 1788, The Federalist Papers offered a coherent defense of ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
A police officer tapped on the window of my car because I had fallen asleep, but they said since I seemed perfectly coherent, there were no problems. They just advised me to be careful about where I park and fall asleep.
🗣️ Common Collocations of Coherent
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
coherent argument
coherent strategy
coherent group
Quiz answer: C.
Last Five
Do you remember the last five words we learned? One question each — answer key at the bottom of this email.
1. CONSENSUS most nearly means
(A) intuition
(B) dissension
(C) agreement
(D) compromise
2. AESTHETIC most nearly means
(A) ethical
(B) artistic
(C) pragmatic
(D) ascetic
3. FALLIBLE most nearly means
(A) gullible
(B) deceptive
(C) imperfect
(D) suspicious
4. INELUCTABLE most nearly means
(A) inevitable
(B) immutable
(C) contingent
(D) imminent
5. INSURMOUNTABLE most nearly means
(A) tractable
(B) unconquerable
(C) inevitable
(D) formidable
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Last-5 quiz answers: 1) C — consensus 2) B — aesthetic 3) C — fallible 4) A — ineluctable 5) B — insurmountable