Monday, September 16, 2013

VOCAB #5

1) Obsequious: (adj) obedient; dutiful; fawning


2) Beatitude: (n) exalted happiness


3) Bete Noire: (n) a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads


4) Bode: (v) to be an omen of


5) Dank: (adj) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly


6) Ecumenical: (adj) general; universal: promoting Christian unity throughout the world


7) Fervid: (adj) heated in spirit, enthusiasm; intensely hot, burning


8) Fetid: (adj) having an offensive odor; stinking


9) Gargantuan: (adj) gigantic, enormous

10) Heyday: (n) the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime


11) Incubus: (n) a nightmare


12) Infrastructure: (n) the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organisation

13) Inveigle:(v) to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk; to acquire by beguiling talk or methods


14) Kudos: (n) honor, glory, acclaim


15) Lagniappe: (n) tip, bonus, gratuity


16) Prolix: (adj) extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy


17) Protege: (n) a person under the care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.


18) Prototype: (n) the original or model on which something is based on for formed; someone who serves to illustrate the typical qualities of something.

19) Sycophant: (n) a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite


20) Tautology: (n) needless repetition of an idea


21) Truckle: (v) to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

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