Vocab list #6

1.Obsequious-Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
- the secretary was obsequious
2.Beatitude-Supreme blessedness.
-the pope bestows beatitude to his followers
3.Bete noire: a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded; bane
-homework is the bete noir of my exsistance
4.Bode-to be an omen of; portend; The storm clouds bode inclement weather ahead.
5.Dank- unpleasantly moist, damp and, often, chilly
-foggy mornings are often dank
5.Ecumenical- universal
-love is a ecumenical feeling
6.Fervid: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasiastic
-football players are often fervid before a game
7.Fetid-stinking
- the zombie had a fetid odor
8.Gargantuan-large, monolithic
-the Goliath sign at six flags is gargantuan
9.Heyday-height, in prosperity, successful time
-seniors are in the heyday of high school
10.Incubus-demon impish appearance/actions
-an incubus is the male version of a succubus
11.Inveigle- to entice or lure by flattery or artful talk
12.Kudos- honor, glory, congratulations
-my class offered me kudos for turning 18
13.Lagniappe-Something given as a bonus or extra incentive
-for getting a discount card they threw in a bunch of  lagniappe
14.Prolix-Using or containing too many words
-my essays are often prolix in length
16.Prototype- A first or original model of something
- the prototype robot malfunctioned and killed someone
17.Sycophant-A self serving flatterer
18.Tautology- The saying the same thing twice in different word
19.Truckle-Submit or give in
- after the reinforcements came to army truckled to their enemy

Vocab #5 9/10-9/14

1.Acumen- The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
2.Adjudicate-Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter
3.Anachronism- something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
4.Apocryphal-false
5.Disparity-lack of similarity or equality:difference
6.Dissimulate-to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble:
7.Empirical-provable or verifiable by experience or experiment
8.Flamboyant-strikingly bold or brilliant; showy
9.Fulsome-offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross
10.Immolate-to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice
11.Imperceptible-not perceptible; not perceived by the senses
12.Lackey-a servile follower;underling
13.Liaison-a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection
14.Monolithic-characterized by massiveness,invulnerability
15.Mot juste-the exact/appropriate word
16.Nihilism-total rejection of established laws and institution
17.Patrician-a person of noble or high rank
18.Propitiate-to make favorably inclined; appease
19.Sic-Set a dog or other animal on (someone or something).
20.Sublimate: purified or exalted