Vocab #5

Obsequious: Being obedient in a rather irritating way

"The servant was quite obsequious by following the king's every step while trying to serve him."

Beatitude: Supreme happiness

"He was filled with mush beatitude when he got a 97% on his math test."

Bete Noire: A person or thing that someone strongly dislikes or dreads

"Oh, he's a bete noire, from my view, he's always so rude to me."

Bode: To portend

The news bode quite well for him

Dank: Unpleasantly moist, humid, or damp

"The rain and and the cold temperature made the whether quite dank."

Ecumenical: General or universal

"The author intended to have his book give a ecumenical message to it."

Fervid: Heated or hot

"My ears are quite fervid, that means someone's talking about me!"

Fetid: Having An offensive odor

"While the cheese had quite a unique taste, it was also very fetid."

Gargantuan: Giant, enormous

"The new building across the street is very gargantuan, having 40 stories."

Heyday: A period of great success

"I fondly remember the heyday of my business, where we had about 600 customers coming in each day.''

Incubus: (Well besides a really, really good alternative rock band) A nightmare

"In her sleep, it seemed she was sleeping quite peacefully until her dream turned into an incubus, and woker her up."

Infrastructure: The basic framework or features to a system or organization

"The city has a well-developed infrastructure."

Inveigle: To convince

"He had to inveigle the city to donate money for funding for a park."

Kudos: Honor, glory, acclaim

"He was given much kudos for his study in antibiotics."

Lagniappe: An unexpected benefit

"After Jimmy crammed in doing all of his homework, the next day, the teacher said it was not due until the day after next, so he had much free time that night, which was a lagniappe."

Prolix: Extended to unnecessary length

"The teacher prolixed the assignment by adding more pages of reading."

Protege: A person under care of something

"He was a protege to his car insurance."

An original model for something, which something is later based off of

"The company built prototypes to a new car which is only in designing stage."

Sycophant: A self-seeking, servile flatterer

"People always remembered him as the sycophant, the loyal sidekick to Bill."

Tautology: Needless repetition of an idea

"His idea went through much tautology, because he wanted to be sure he got his idea in his friend's head."

Truckle: To submit obsequiously

"He always truckled the most terrible ideas to his boss."