Vocabulary #6

accolade: an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit
- The athlete was given an accolade at the luncheon.
 acerbity: sourness of taste, character, or tone
- Her acerbity was shown through her actions.
 attrition: a rubbing away or wearing down by friction
- Her shoes were worn down from the attrition of walking.
 bromide: a trite and unoriginal idea or remark
-He included the bromide regarding the well-being of the men.
 chauvinist: a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism
- Everyone in the United States should become a chauvinist.
 chronic: pertaining to a long lasting medical condition
- She had a chronic medical condition that no doctor could solve.
 expound: present and explain systematically and in detail
-I would like to expound further, but it seems unnecessary.
 factionalism: conflict with an organization; internal dissension
- To avoid factionalism, he told her to take measures before the two groups arrived.
 immaculate: perfectly neat, clean or tidy
- Her roommate's side of the room was immaculate.
 imprecation: a spoken curse
-The witch spoke imprecations as she worked.
 ineluctable:  unable to be resisted or avoided
- The math test on Friday is ineluctable.
 mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood
- Everyone stayed away from the girl because her mood was mercurial.
 palliate: make less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause
- The security guard palliated the situation.
 protocol: a detailed plan or layout
- We were told to follow the protocol in order to succeed in the class.
 resplendent: attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous
- Her room was filled with resplendent colors.
 stigmatize: describe or regard as worthy of disgrace
- People stigmatize the word "tutor."
sub rosa: happening or done in secret
- The meeting was held sub rosa, because of its importance.
 vainglory: inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements
- No one liked the new kid because he came off sounding vainglorious.
 vestige: a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
- She showed no vestige of guilt at being caught cheating on the test.
 volition: the faculty or power of using one's will
- He decided to enter rehab of his own free volition.
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
- The obsequious salesman begged me to buy the product he was selling.
 beatitude: supreme blessedness
-The richest man in the world cannot buy beatitude.
 bete noire: a person or thing strongly detested or avoided
- When they learned that he was a pedophile, he became a bête noire.
 bode: be an omen of a particular outcome, to endure
- The rain didn't bode well for the wedding
 dank: disagreeably damp or humid
- The meeting was held in his dank little apartment.
 ecumenical: of worldwide scope or applicability; universal
- He presented an ecumenical matter.
 fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate
- Her fervid speech opposed abortion.
 fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant
- The fetid room scared everyone away.
 gargantuan: enormous
- The popularity of their music has soared to gargantuan levels.
 heyday: the stage of greatest vigor, strength, success
- He was in the heyday of his life.
 incubus: an oppressive or nightmarish burden
- The incubus in her life was overwhelming her.
 infrastructure: The basic services, facilities etc. needed for a functioning community
- Roads are considered infrastructures in the city.
 inveigle: persuade to do something by means of deception
- She was able to inveigle the drunk man.
 kudos: praise given for achievement
- She gave the entire class kudos for their hard work.
 lagniappe: something given or obtained gratuitously by a way of good measure
- As lagniappe, the family their friends a present.
 prolix: using or containing too many words
- The teachers told her to shorten her prolix essay.
 protégé: a person who is guided by an more experienced or influential person
- The student went to his longtime protégé.
 prototype: an original model on which something is patterned
- They tested the prototype in their class.
 sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain advantage
- Sycophants do not make good friends.
 tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words.
- "Either it is going to rain or it isn't."
 truckle: to submit
- She truckled to her mother.