1. Accolade - any award, honor, or laudatory notice
I received accolades for
achieving Honor Roll in school.
2. Acerbity - harshness or severity, as of temper or expression.
The
acerbity of my mentors words as I made a mistake made me feel discouraged.
3. Attrition - a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength
The state decided to take act of
attrition against the deer population
4. Bromide- a platitude
or trite saying.
“Easy as pie” is a bromide saying
5. Chauvinist -a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory
Chauvinists blindly believe
everything their government tells them
6. Chronic -constant; habitual; inveterate
Biting my nails is a chronic
behavior
7. expound - to explain;
interpret.
I tried to
expound what my teacher was saying
8. factionalism - self-interested; partisan
Athletes
with a sense of factionalism can be harmful to his or her team.
9. immaculate - free from
moral blemish
or impurity;
pure; undefiled.
Immaculate
babies are eventually corrupted.
10. imprecation - a curse; malediction.
Joe thought
he was under a imprecation after he lost in blackjack ten times in a row
11. ineluctable - incapable of being evaded; inescapable
The ineluctable police were on
the criminals trail.
12. mercurial - changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic
Mercurial chemicals are
dangerous to deal with.
13. palliate- to relieve
or lessen
without curing;
mitigate; alleviate.
The medicine
seemed to palliate the patients fever.
14. protocol - the customs
and regulations
dealing with diplomatic formality,
precedence, and etiquette.
Security
check ups are protocol at an airport
15. resplendent - shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
Resplendent treasures are very
alluring.
The president’s mistakes
stigmatized the whole nation.
17. sub rosa - confidentially; secretly;
privately.
Due to
personal matter Joe wanted to speak in sub rosa.
18. vainglory - excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.;
boastful vanity.
People with
a lot of vainglory are usually avoided.
19. vestige - a mark, trace,
or visible
evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence
A few
columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple
20. volition - the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
It was Joe’s volition to drop
out of college and start his own business.
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