Vocabulary #6

1. Obsequious (adjective) : obedient or attentive to and excessive or servile degree.
- The Sham wow salesman is very persistent and obsequious that you buy his product.
2. Beatitude (noun) : A state of utmost bliss, or happiness.
- After winning first in my class for market hogs I was filled with beatitude, and I felt like I was on top of the world.
3. Bete Noire (noun) : A person or thing strongly detested or avoided.
- When picking groups in psychology the bete noire's were the people that wouldn't accomplish much in the groups.
4. Bode (verb): to announce beforehand, to indicate by signs.
- Every morning the news reporters bode the weeks forecast.
5. Dank (adjective): unpleasantly wet or moist.
- The dank swamp scared everyone away, no one wanted to live in the wet enviroment.
6. Ecumenical (adjective): worldwide, or general in extent influence or application.
- The argument presented was ecumenical, people all over the world were discussing the same topics.
7. Fervid (adjective): very hot, or marked by extreme intensity.
- The child became very fervid, when the mom told him he couldn't have another cookie, he began throwing a temper tantrum.
8. Fetid (adjective): having a very heavy or offensive smell.
- Everyone covers their noses when a fetid smell comes across the room.
9. Gargantuan (adjective) : tremendous in size or volume.
- The wedding cake was so gargantuan the couple was eating cake for days.
10. Heyday (noun): high spirits, the period of ones greatest popularity.
- After the FFA competitions when our team one we were in great heyday, and celebrated for hours.
11. Incubus: a nightmarish burden.
- Studying for finals is an incubus, its hard to concentrate on all the things you have learned.
12. Infrastructure: the basic services needed for a functioning community.
- Skyscrapers are the infrastructure of New York city.
13. Inveigle (verb) : to win over by flattering, tempting, or persuading.
- Many people try inveigle their way into getting a better grade on school projects.
14. Kudos (noun) praise given for achievement.
- Kudos to all who have taken the SAT this year.
15. Lagniappe (noun) : something given as an extra.
- Many companies give lagniappes so you will buy more of a certain product.
16. Prolix (adjective) : unduly prolonged, drawn out.
- The speech was a bit prolix, the critic said it could be a little shorter to not bore the audience.
17. Protege (noun) : one who is protected or trained by a professional.
- Everyone in Dr. Preston's class is a protege of him.
18. Prototype (Noun): an original model on which something is patterned.
- When building new technology, scientists use prototypes to start inventions.
19. Sycophant (noun): a person who acts obsequiously towards someone in order to gain an advantage.
- Sycophant's, can be described as teacher pet's because they both try to gain an unfair advantage through flattering.
20. Tautology (noun): to restate something twice in different words.
- When teachers want to high light certain topics they use tautologies.
21. Truckle: to yield out to weakness.
- the man had a truckle personality, always giving in to peoples ways.
22. Accolade (noun): a ceremonial embrace, a mark or acknowledgement.
- The assembly is full of parents who accolade their children for a job well done.
23. Acerbity (noun) : the quality of being acerbic(sour, sharp mood or temper).
- The passengers on the airplane made their displeasure known with great acerbity.
24. Attrition: the act of weakening through constant bombardment.
- The students treated the teacher with such attrition he finally let them turn in their assignments a day late.
25. Bromide (noun): a common place, or hackneyed statements.
- Students in college are all bromides after taking their midterms.
26. Chauvinist: someone who displays fanatical devotion to something like race or gender.
- The chauvinist male activist, refused to let women have any more authority.
27. Chronic (adjective): marked by long duration of frequent recurrences.
- The parents are chronic liars, their children never know when they are telling the truth.
28. Expound ( verb): to set forth or to state, defend with argument.
- The sister expounded her brother when the parents began to blame him for something.
29. Factionalism: The splitting of two groups.
- In the book Divergent the characters practice factionalism.
30. Immaculate (adjective): having no stain, or flaw.
- The bedroom was immaculate, not a single thing was out of place.
31. Imprecation (noun): a curse.
- The witch put a imprecation on everyone who went against her wishes.
32. Ineluctable (adjective): not to be avoided, changed, or resisted.
- The SAT is ineluctable, one must take it in order to go to college.
33. Mercurial (adjective): characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood.
- The pregnant woman was always mercurial, her husband never knew if she was happy or upset.
34. Palliate (verb): to reduce the violence of, to ease with out curing the underlying disease.
- After a long dispute the daughter palliated her reasoning's for sneaking out of the house.
35. Protocol (noun): the official procedure, or system or rules governing affairs of state of diplomatic occasions.
- It is protocol to read a book that is assigned in class.
36. Resplendent (adjective): splendid, or dazzling in appearance.
- Every one's senior pictures are resplendent, most people look their very best.
37. Stigmatize (verb) : to make something seem bad or disgraceful.
- One may stigmatize certain characteristics of a character in a book.
38. Sub rosa (adverb) : in private, secretly.
- lets have a conversation sub rosa, that way no one knows are plan for the party.
39. Vainglory (noun): excessive pride, especially in ones achievements.
- Articles wrote after war show lots of vainglory towards the winning side.
40. Vestige (noun): a trace, mark, or sign left by something.
- Graffiti is also known as vestige, you can find it on many buildings in the city.
41. Volition (noun): an act of making a choice or decision.
- The man made his choice of his own volition, no one else helped him decide.