obsequious: obedient or attentive to an
excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme
blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one
particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular
outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and
typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of
different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or
passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely
unpleasant.
gargantuan:
enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's
greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have
sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and
organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power
supplies) needed for the operation of a society or
enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something
by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or
extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or
containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and
supported by an older and more experienced or influential
person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary
model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or
copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously
toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing
twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g.,
they arrived one after the other in succession
).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped
cheese, esp. cheddar.
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