vocab #4

accolade: an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit.
after slaying the dragon, his accolades were great.

acerbity: acidic in temper, mood, or tone.
her acerbity towards the teenage boys shenanigans was apparent in her vitriolic speech.

attrition: weakening or diminishing.
the attrition of the boxers fight was taxing on both fighters.

bromide: a trite and unoriginal idea or remark, typically intended to soothe or placate.
the bromide of the wife's conversation soothed the hot headed spouse.
 
chauvinist: a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism./ showing or relating to excessive or prejudiced loyalty or support for a particular group or cause.
The south is known to be filled with many chauvinistic patriots.
 
chronic: persisting for a long time or constantly recurring (sickness).
the chronic fever she was experiencing was the bane of her life.

expound: present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
The physicist went into great detail expounding his theory.
 
factionalism: a group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group (the idea of).
The factionalism of gangs in LA can be traced far back.

immaculate: perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
the immaculate status of the boys room impressed his parents.
 
imprecation: a spoken curse.
the witch uttered a quick imprecation under her breath.
 
ineluctable: unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.
the doctors appointment was, unfortunately, ineluctable.
 
mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood./ having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
his mercurial temperment made him a decent comedian.

palliate: to make palatable or acceptable.
he added more black to palliate the Goth's preferences.

protocol: a set of rules designed for safety or control.
jimmy didn't follow protocol and thus gained a severe case of hair loss.

resplendent: attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
the resplendent decor of  mansion led to many weekly visitors looking to earn their way into the millionaire's heart.

stigmatize: describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
he meant to stigmatize his enemy's work with whole-hearted spite.

sub rosa: secrecy or covertness. being stealthy.
the sub rosa nature of the organization made it seem very occult.

vainglory: inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity.
the vainglory of the soccor player made him popular in only overly dramatic reality television.
 
vestige: a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
the vestige of Tiktaalik is seen as the paddlefish.

volition: the faculty or power of using one's will.
with boisterous volition he bolstered into the room without fear.