Monday, September 16, 2013

Vocabulary #5


Obsequious: Obedient
Beatitude: Supreme blessedness.
Bete noire: A person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads.
Bode: To predict.
Dank: Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
Ecumenical: Representing a number of different Christian churches; nondenominational.
Fervid: Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, to an excessive degree.
Fetid: Smelling extremely unpleasant.
Gargantuan: Enormous.
Heyday: The time of a persons greatness in success, popularity, or vigor.
Incubus: Something that weighs upon or oppresses someone like a nightmare.
Infrastructure: The basic structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
Inveigle: Persuade to do something by means of flattery or deception.
Kudos: Praise and honor received for an achievement.
Lagniappe: Something given as a bonus or extra gift.
Prolix: Using or containing too many words, tediously lengthy.
Protégé: A person who is guided by an older wiser person.
Prototype: A first model of something.
Sycophant: A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain an advantage.
Tautology: The saying of the same thing twice in different ways.
Truckle: To submit.

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