the dog would have been cute if not for its overly obsequious tendencies.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
ask the father of your fiance to gain the beatitude of their family.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
fitting in to the high schooler cliche, my bete noire is homework.
bode: to be an omen of a particular outcome.
the black clouds do not bode well for the sailors journy.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
the dank depths of the cellars is a nice place for a cask of amontillado.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
the ecumenical gathering at hand was very uncommon to view as the belief systems conflict greatly.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree.
her fervid excitement to see the boy band made me vomit.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
the fetid smell of the bachelors fridge was an unwelcome one.
gargantuan: enormous.
the gargantuan wall surrounding China was meant to either keep invaders out, or to keep citizens in.
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
back in their heyday, many old bands had crowds in the tens of thousands.
incubus: a cause of distress or anxiety. or.. err..
an incubus to American society is avoiding war with Syria.
infrastructure: he basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
the basic infrastructure of his plans were horrid, I'm surprised he didn't catch his errors.
Origin: the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.
the origin of the graph was easy enough to find.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
he succeeded inveigling money out of his mother.
kudos: praise and honor received for an achievement.
i had to give kudos to him for his stellar speech.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
as a lagniappe for her victory, she was awarded 500 dollars.
prolix: (speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
the essay was prone to unnecessary prolix.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
the scholars protege had a head in the clouds.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
the prototype for the new car ran into some fiery dead ends.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
often times, millionares are surrounded my sycophants that wish to gain a bit of change.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style.
his tautology made me ashamed of even arguing with him.
truckle: a trundle bed.
the truckles in the hotel room comfortable it the five guests.
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