Monday, September 17, 2012

vocab list #6



*OBSEQUIOUS: obedient

*beatitude: exalted happiness

*bete noire: a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded

*bode:To be an omen of; portend

*dank:unpleasantly moist or humid; damp, and often chilly

*ecumenical:General; universal

*fervid:Burning; glowing; intensely hot

*fetid:Having an offensive odor; stinking

*gargantuan:Gigantic; enormous; colossal

*heyday:The stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.

*incubus:a demon; a nightmare

*infrastructure:Basic framework of features of a system or organization.
*inveigle:to lure by flattery.

*kudos:Honor; glory

*lagniappe:A tip

*prolix:Extend to great lengths; long and wordy
*protege:someone who is under the care of someone else who is in the practice they are into

*prototype:something that is based on an original model

*sycophant:A self seeking flatterer; parasite
*tautology:Repetition of an idea, in words.

*truckle:To yield obsequiously.

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