Accolade: An award or privilege granted for special honor.
-She received many accolades because of her good grades.
Acerbity: A sharp bitterness.
-Her acerbity towards her parents was very noticeable.
Attrition: The act of weakening by attack or pressure.
-I could sense my parents attrition towards buying me a new bike after I kept asking for hours.
Bromide: An unoriginal idea or remark.
-I could tell her essay was bromide because I heard the same thing in someone else’s paper.
Chauvinist: A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism.
-I saw a chauvinist veteran in the parade on Veterans’s Day.
Chronic: Persisting for a long time.
-I knew this girl who had chronic headaches that drove her mad.
Expound: Present and explain systematically in detail.
-In order for the students to understand the new topic the teach had to expound the topic several times.
Factionalism: Relating or belonging to a faction (group).
-There is factionalism in clubs at school.
Immaculate: Perfectly clean and tidy.
-My friend always keeps her room immaculate. I’ve never seen it messy.
Imprecation: A spoken curse.
-As Mercutio laid their dying he put a imprecation on both Romeo and Juliet’s households.
Ineluctable: Can't be resisted or avoided.
-Trying not to hit any red lights was ineluctable.
Mercurial: Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes in mood or mind.
-My parents can be mercurial about things.
Palliate: To make less severe or unpleasant.
-The girl was in so much pain everyone just tried to palliate the pain.
Protocol: The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state.
-It was protocol for the public to vote before a president could be selected.
Resplendent: Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
-Her resplendent dress stood out amongst the rest of dresses.
Stigmatize: Described or regarded as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
-His mother stigmatized hers sons new girlfriend because of the way she dressed.
Sub rosa: Happening or done in secret.
-In order to throw a surprise parter, one must do things sub rosa.
Vainglory: Excessively vain.
-After winning all of the prizes, she was vainglory and nobody wanted to be around her.
Vestige: A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
-The missing girl left a vestige of things that led me straight to her.
Volition: The faculty or power of using one's will.
-Her volition is what drove her to winning the dance contest.
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