Vocabulary #6

1.)accolade: praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting.
She received great accolade after she got a 2400 on her SAT.

2.)acerbity: sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression.
His acerbity towards others didn't earn him many friends.

3.)attrition: the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment.
Many jobs were lost through attrition.

4.)bromide: a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative.
The bromide of the wife's conversation soothed the hot headed spouse.

5.)chauvinist: extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; or (noun) a person like that.
The song Blurred Lines is viewed as an example of chauvinistic behavior.

6.)chronic: continuing over a long period of time or recurring often.
 The chronic illness I had, made me makes frequent stops to the hospital. 

7.)expound: to explain in detail.
Various political writers expound their points of views on thousands of topics that interest the people.

8.)factionalism: party strife and intrigue.
It is important for our entire team to be unified and not have to deal with factionalism.

9.)immaculate: spotless; without blemish or fault.
Well, you don't have to keep your house looking immaculate all the time, just in case someone turns up to view.

10.)imprecation: a curse; the act of cursing.
The witch spread imprecations to those who condemned her

11.)ineluctable: not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome.
Tractor beams in science fiction stories, like Star Wars are often ineluctable

12.)mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant.
The mercurial dancer captivated the audience with her routine.

13.)palliate: to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate.
The Advil palliated her stomach pains temporarily, but they later returned.

14.)protocol: customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette; a type of international agreement; an official account or record.
The suspect was let go because the arresting officer had not followed protocol during the arrest.

15.)resplendent: shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent.
She looked resplendent in her green dress.

16.)stigmatize: to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious.
The son's crime stigmatized the entire family.

17.)sub rosa: in secret; confidentially; privately.
The surprise party was sub rosa, and the birthday girl was shocked when all of her close friends jumped out at her.

18.)vainglory: excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display.
He has a right to vainglory because he is very good at what he does.

19.)vestige: a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but is now lost or vanished.
After my sister finishes a bag of chips, she looks at her fingers for some vestiges of food left.

20.)volition: the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding.
She used her volition to make that sandwich!

21.)obsequious: obedient, dutiful; characterized by showing servile complaisance or deference. 
They were served by obsequious waiters.

22.)beatitude: a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing.
Angela had a beatitude attitude, she was forgiving and kind to everyone she met.

23.)bete noire: someone or something than one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids.
Kids who remind teachers that there is homework are the bete noire of most classrooms.

24.)bode: to be an omen of; to indicate by signs.
Austin bode news of terrible misfortunate among the Willis family and their winery.

25.)dank: unpleasantly damp or wet.
Nobody ever went into the dank cellar as it was cold and damp.

26.)ecumenical: worldwide or universal in influence or application.
The bible is a ecumenical symbol of religion.

27.)fervid: burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated.
He was fervid when it came to football and put more effort and time than most people could ever do.

28.)fetid: having an unpleasant or offensive odor.
The horrifying smell came from the fetid pool of chemical waste produced by the nuclear plantation.

29.)gargantuan: of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious.
The gargantuan crowd filled up the whole entire street.

30.)heyday: the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
The soccer team had a heyday when they won the championship.

31.)incubus: a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare.
The incubus in her life was overwhelming her.

32.)infrastructure: a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations.
Jadeveon Clowney has never publicly announced his position on Obama's stance on infrastructure

33.)inveigle: to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice.
During the interview the lady inveigle to her best ability, which evidently got her the job. 

34.)kudos: the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement.
I gave him kudos for doing that, it took a lot of guts.

35.)lagniappe: an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity.
The worker earned a lagniappe for their extra labor.

36.)prolix: long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way.
I expect Kobe Bryant's Hall-of-Fame speech to be prolix.

37.)protege: someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government.
I was the man's protege; I learned everything I needed to know about business from him.

38.)prototype: an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form.
My prototype of a hands-free cell phone did not turn out very well.

39.)sycophant: someone who attempts to win favors or advance him or herself  by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer.
People always remembered him as the sycophant, the loyal sidekick to Bill.

40.)tautology: needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy.
Her tautologies began to annoy me as I edited her essay.

41.)truckle: to yield or submit tamely or submissively.
My mother always told me not to truckle when I was put under pressure to do something I didn’t want to do.