Obsequious:
1. (adjective) obedient or attentive
to an excessive or servile degree.
Ex.) They were served by obsequious
waiters.
Beatitude:
1. (noun) supreme blessedness.
Ex.) All of our actions are to be
directed toward such beatitude.
Bete
noire:
1. (noun) a person or thing that one
particularly dislikes.
Ex.) Great-uncle Edward was my
father's bête noire.
Bode:
1. (verb) be an omen of a particular
outcome.
Ex.) Their argument did not bode well
for the future.
Dank:
1. (adjective) disagreeably damp,
musty, and typically cold.
Ex.) He hid her body in a dank
basement.
Ecumenical:
1. (adjective) representing a number
of different Christian churches
Ex.) The local churches are sponsoring
an ecumenical service on the green.Fervid:
1. (adjective) intensely enthusiastic
or passionate, especially to an excessive degree.
Ex.) I sent her a letter of fervid
thanks.
2. (adjective) burning hot or
glowing.
Ex.) He was fervid when he asked her to
marry him.
Fetid:
1. (adjective) smelling extremely
unpleasant.
Ex.) I didn't want to drink the fetid
water of the marsh even if it meant I would die of dehydration.
Gargantuan:
1. (adjective) enormous.
Ex.) I had a gargantuan appetite
after my workout.
Heyday:
1. (noun) the period of a person's or
thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
Ex.) The paper has lost millions of
readers since its heyday in 1964.
Incubus:
1. (noun) a male demon believed to
have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
2. (noun) a cause of distress or
anxiety.
3. (noun) a nightmare
Ex.) Debt is a big incubus in
developing countries.
Infrastructure:
1. (noun) the basic physical and
organizational structures and facilities
Ex.) Assess what damage you can and
rebuild the critical infrastructure systems.
Inveigle:
1.
(verb)
persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
2.
(verb)
gain entrance to (a place) by persuading (someone) with deception or flattery.
Ex.)
Kudos:
1.
(noun)
praise and honor received for an achievement
Ex.) Kudos to everyone who put the event
together.
Lagniappe:
1.
(noun)
something given as a bonus or extra gift.
Ex.) I also learned to cook which as we
say in New Orleans is Lagniappe.
Prolix:
1.
(adjective)
(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
Ex.) He found the narrative too prolix
and discursive.
Protégé:
1.
(noun)
a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or
influential person.
Ex.) He was an aide and protégé of the
former Tennessee senator.
Prototype:
1.
(noun)
a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from
which other forms are developed or copied.
Ex.) The firm is testing a prototype of
the weapon.
2.
(verb)
make a prototype of (a product).
Sycophant:
1.
(noun)
a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain
advantage.
Ex.) I thought you wanted a competent
assistant, not a nodding sycophant.
Tautology:
1.
(noun)
the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to
be a fault of style
2.
a
phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words.
3.
a
statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form.
Ex.) Avoid tautology which is the
needless repetition of the same idea.
Truckle:
1.
(noun)
a small barrel-shaped cheese, especially cheddar.
Ex.) Don't truckle to unreasonable
demands.
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