- Last year I got an ACCOLADE for having a 3.0 and higher GPA.
Acerbity- sharp.
-My mom told me the knife was ACERBITY but I didn't listen.
Attrition- action of gradually reducing in size.
- Exercising everyday was my ATTRITION to losing weight.
Bromide- unoriginal remark or idea.
- Mostly everything is BROMIDE.
Chauvinists- a person who believes one gender is superior to the other.
-I know some guys who they think they are CHAUVINISTS.
Chronic- constant.
Chronic- constant.
- My mom was CHRONICALLY yelling at me about everything.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
- Dr. Preston does a good job at EXPOUND when you don't understand something.
Factionalism- relating or belonging to a faction.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
- My friend is OCD and everything has to be IMMACULATE to her.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
- In the movie the Mummy there is an IMPRECATION.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
- When your in trouble you know its INELUCTABLE to avoid your parents.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
- I am bi-polar so I am MERCURIAL.
Palliate- make less severe.
Palliate- make less severe.
- There are safety equipment for sports so it is PALLIATE.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
- The rainbow is REPLENDENT.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
- A lot of people are SUB ROSA about their life.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
-At a crime scene investigators look for VESTIGE.
Volition- power of using one's will.
Volition- power of using one's will.
- Some times I use my dad's VOLITION against my mom's.
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.
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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