characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
obedient; dutiful.
- The courts strive for judicial review that is deferential but not so obsequious as to be meaningless.
-When my son was born I was beatituded by just being able to finally feel his little hands.
bete noire:person or thing especially disliked or dreaded
-Josh became bete noire after starting rumors about everyone in the class.
bode:to be an omen of; portend
-The rain doesn't bode well for a hike in the mountains.
dank:unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly:
- After my morning walk my hair was dank because all the fog and mist.
alecumenic:general; universal.
-When asked if she looked fat in the dress, I stayed as ecumenical as possible to avoid hurting her feelings.
fervid:heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc or glowing
-The fervid girl was excited to start her senior year.
fetid:having an offensive odor; stinking
-After the football game, all the fetid players went to the showers-where they belonged.
gargantuan:gigantic; enormous; colossal
-The gargantuan basketball player made dunks look easy.
heyday:the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success,etc.; prime
-After looking at my Grandma's senior pictures, I can see why she was elected "most attractive" in her heyday.
incubus:an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend uponsleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexualintercourse with women during their sleep (nightmare)
-I was not able to sleep because of the incubus.
infrastructure:the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
-The infrastructure of a government consists of the president, congress, and the governor.
inveigle:to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk orinducements (usually followed by into )
-I tried to inveigle my dad into buying me more clothes.
kudos:honor; glory; acclaim
-Kudos to all the soldiers at war.
Lagniappe: a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of complimentor for good measure; bonus(gratitude)
-Not only did I get the gifts I wanted but she also took me to dinner; what a great lagniappe.
prolix:extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long andwordy.
-Essays of Montaigne became difficult to read as his prolix writing led me to different concepts.
protege:a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someoneinterested in his or her career or welfare
-I received an A on the lab with the help of my protege partner, the professor.
prototype:the original or model on which something is based or formed
- My little sister is a prototype of me because she always tries to dress and act like me.
sycophant:a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
-Because she wanted an A, the sycophant flattered the teacher every opportunity she had.
tautology:needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other thanthose of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
-It's going to rain today or It's not, its a tautology.
truckle:to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to )
-When you're having doubts, don't truckle to walk away.
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