after obtaining the A, his accolades from his family 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.
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
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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