obsequious:characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference.
Sentence: The man was obsequious to his wife when she called him a bum.
beatitude:supreme blessedness
Sentence: I was in the state of beatitude, whenever I was in front of her.
bete noire:a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads .
Sentence: I know too many people who have bete noire for other human beings, the reason why is far beyond me.
bode:to be an omen of; portend
Sentence: Soon after I watch the first 20 minutes of the movie I like to pretend to bode so I can ruin my friends experience.
dank:damp and, often, chilly
Sentence:"Your life is your life, don't let it be clubbed into dank submission."
ecumenical:general; universal.
Sentence: That idea could be a ecumenical culture changer.
fervid:heated or vehement in spirit
Sentence: The joyous boy was astonished by the elephants size, it gave him a fervid expression.
fetid:having an offensive odor.
Sentence: As we went into the abandoned house there was a gargantuan fetid in the basement. We ran to call the cops.
gargantuan: enormous
The little boy was sitting down right beside a gargantuan tree, but his father was right next to the "gargantuan" tree and picked up an apple.
heyday:the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.
At some point in the superhero action movie there is always the hero that is one more punch away from quitting but something he loves comes to his mind and he becomes on a heyday rampage. I still wonder why that happens, and if that happens if your in the brink of death.
incubus:a nightmare.
After watching insidious 2 my little brother had a horrible incubus at the second hour of the night.
infrastructure:the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
The infrastructure was just a demo for the real system that we will program into your computer.
inveigle: ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
I would love to inveigle once again for a million seconds.
kudos:honor; glory; acclaim
Ah, now the "Regular Show" makes sense, this character would always say kudos after a victory, I just didn't know
lagniappe:a gratuity or tip.
I also learned to cook which as we say in New Orleans is Lagniappe.
prolix:extended to great
The game had a great prolix time that ended 40 minutes after the game was supposed to end.
protege:a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
He still works with his superstar black producer Dr Dre and his superstar black protege, 50 Cent.
prototype:the original or model on which something is based or formed
A prototype children's laptop, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), is showcased at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Showing Las Vegas.
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sycophant:a self-seeking, servile flatterer;
Beowulf was a character of great value to their culture but to our culture he is a huge cocky man with an over sized ego.
tautology:needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate
She pauses and we try to think of the victims of her tautology.
context: without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
Without that context, you will discard many good ideas as not relevant.
truckle:to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely
The wrestler just truckled and lost the match, maybe he was really injured.
accolade:any award, honor, or laudatory notice
He got an accolade for his service in the military.
acerbity:sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
But the similarities are evident, fulfilling an apparent desire for laid-back subtlety at a time when in-your-face acerbity is more the norm.
attrition:a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength.
The man suddenly slowed down his fist and had a huge attrition in his punches.
bromide:a platitude or trite saying.
That cliche was an extremely bromide sentence.
chauvinist:a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
That man who was screaming out "USA!" in the Football game today was an extremely annoying chauvinist.
chronic:constant; habitual; inveterate
Hearing music is a huge chronic habit for me.
expound:to explain; interpret.
I tried to explain quantum physics to her but it was to complex, after my second try to lecture her it just couldn't expound this ideology to her anymore.
factionalism:self-interested
House Music is something that keeps factionalism to me and I would like to keep it forever.
immaculate:free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean
Sir Isaac Isaacs looked immaculate in his heavily gold laced uniforms and on the other air force officials dressed in uniform as the occasion demanded.
imprecation:the act of imprecating; cursing.
The witch imprecated the man for hurting her feelings, she made the man forever alone with no lover to care for him
ineluctable:incapable of being evaded; inescapable
She is just ineluctable, she is everywhere, even people who have different colored skin look like her!
mercurial:changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic
In one corner the maverick, renegade The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the mercurial, talented, drug-crazed Anton Newcombe; in the other.
palliate:to relieve or lessen without curing
Her presence is a bliss palliate.
protocol:the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
resplendent
An international protocol for carbon auditors is to be developed this year.
stigmatize:to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon
I'm not going to stigmatize my reputation just because you screwed up!
sub rosa:confidentially; secretly; privately.
She is in my heart but she doesn't know because its a sub rosa.
vainglory:excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.
The man who won first place in the first match was extremely vainglorious.
vestige:a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence
I try to look for any type of vestiges that I could find in my room to see who may be the one who took my chocolate ice cream from my mini fridge.
volition:
the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
The character had a huge reputation for always wanting to have this act of volition for anyone who is in need of help.
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