Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Vocab #4

1.) accolade- an award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit

2.) acerbity- sharp and forthright

3.) attrition- the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure

4.) bromide- a trite and unorigional idea or remark typically intended to soothe or placate 

5.) chauvinist- a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism 

6.) chronic- persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

7.)expound- present and explain ( a theory or idea) systematically and in detail

8.) factionalism- the splitting of a group into factions; conflict between factors

9.)immaculate- of a person or their clothes perfectly clean, neat, or tidy

10.)imprecation- a spoken curse

11.)ineluctable- unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

12.) mercurial- subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

13.) palliate- make less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause

14.) protocol- the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions 

15.) resplendent- attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous 

16.) stigmatize- describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval 

17.) sub rosa- happening or done in secret

18.) vainglory- inordinate pride in oneself or ones achievements; excessive vanity

19.) vestige- a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

20.) volition- the faculty or power of using one's will

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