Beatitude- Supreme
blessedness
---I hope to sometime reach
beatitude and find inner peace.
Bete noire- Someone or
something which is particularly disliked or avoided
---To most children
vegetables are bete noire.
Bode- Be an omen of a
particular outcome; announce beforehand
---My aunt boded that I would
be a dancer like her, which I did.
Dank- unpleasantly damp,
musty, and typically cold
---The cabin we had to stay
at was incredibly dank.
Ecumenical- general; universal
---Water being essential is
ecumenical.
Fervid- Intensely
enthusiastic or passionate; heated or vehement in spirit or enthusiasm
---I act fervid when I get
a great idea and want to pursue it.
Fetid- Smelling extremely
unpleasant or having an offensive odor
---Most dancers become
fetid after each class no matter how much deodorant they put on.
Gargantuan- gigantic; enormous
---Pride Rock is gargantuan
and the awesome house for lions.
Heyday- The period of a
person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, vigor, strength, or success
---I think my most recent
heyday was during my scholarship audition when the judges began crying because
they felt the emotion I expressed.
Incubus- A cause of
distress or anxiety like a nightmare
---All my homework
assignments are an incubus and cause me to lose sleep.
Infrastructure- the basic,
underlying framework or features of a system or organization
---Our group didn’t have an
infrastructure which led to us breaking apart.
Inveigle- to acquire, win,
or obtain by beguiling talk or methods
---The people that are able
to inveigle what they want should be ashamed if their reasons are unfair.
Kudos- Praise and honor
received for an achievement
---My dance teacher often
says, “Kudos,” to those who excel at the dance she taught.
Lagniappe- Something given
as a bonus or extra gift.
---I love getting any type
of lagniappe when I know that I have earned it.
Prolix- Using or containing
too many words; tediously lengthy
---Most of the time I speak
in prolix because I have issues when trying to get to the point.
Protégé- a person under the
patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or
welfare
---I have a little protégé
named Charlie that will follow in my steps as a dancer.
Prototype- the original or
model on which something is based or formed
---They made a prototype so
as to show what the product will somewhat be like.
Sycophant-A person who acts
obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
---The student acted as a
sycophant towards the teacher after she failed her test.
Tautology- A phrase or
expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words
---The idea of tautology is
good when it comes to writing because you can restate your ideas with actually
being repetitious.
Truckle- to submit or yield
obsequiously or tamely; a small barrel-shaped cheese
---I decided to truckle
rather than make the other party upset.
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