Vocab #6

Beatitude- Supreme blessedness.

Bete noire- a disliked person.

Bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome
-Their argument did not bode well for the future.

Dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

Ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches.

Fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate.

Fetid- Smelling bad.

Gargantuan- of great mass

Heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity.

Incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety.

Infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation.

Inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

Kudos- Praise for an achievement.

Lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift.

Prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

Protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.

Prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.

Sycophant-  A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer.

Tautology- The saying of the same thing

 twice in different words.

Truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously.

Accolade- noun: an award or privilege 

Acerbity- noun: sharp

Attrition- noun: action of gradually reducing in size

Bromide- noun: unoriginal remark or idea  

Chauvinists- noun: a person who believes one gender is superior to to the other
Chronic- adjective: constant

Expound- verb: to explain or interpret 

Factionalism- noun: relating or belonging to a faction
Immaculate- adj: perfectly clean or neat
Imprecation- noun: a spoken curse
Ineluctable- adj: unable to be avoided
Mercurial- adj: sudden change in mood or mind

Palliate- verb: make less severe
Resplendent- adj: impressively colorful
Stigmatize- verb: regard as worthy of disgrace
Sub Rosa- noun: confidently, secretly
Vainglory- noun: excessive vanity
Vestige- noun: trace or visible evidence

Volition- noun: power of using one's will