Vocabulary #4

obsequious - adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Stop being so obsequious.
beatitude - noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); a state of supreme happiness
I've stated to feel like I'am in a beatitude
bete noire - noun a detested person
That man is bete noire of liberals.
bode - verb indicate by signs
This does not bode well.
dank - adj. unpleasantly cool and humid
It's quite dank in the cellar.
ecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
The new pope has quite an ecumenical outlook.
fervid - adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion
Her response was quite fervid.
fetid - adj. offensively malodorous
My brother's room is pretty fetid.
gargantuan - adj. of great mass; huge and bulky
Godzilla is gargantuan.
heyday - noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
The roaring twenties were the heyday of America.
incubus - noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; someone who depresses or worries others; a situation resembling a terrifying dream
infrastructure - noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the basic structure or features of a system or organization
You're being an incubus with all of your talk of the war.
inveigle - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
It was like a game i only needed to inveigle them until they finally gave into my will comepletely.
kudos - noun an expression of approval and commendation
Kudos on your Nobel prize
lagniappe - noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
I bought product just for lagniappe that came with it.
prolix - adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
I don't like that author his writing is so prolix.
protege - noun a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
This is my protege, Bill.
prototype - noun a standard or typical example
This is the just prototype.
sycophant - noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
I can't stand him he is such a sycophant.
tautology - noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
Stop using tautology, I get it.
truckle - noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; verb yield to out of weakness; try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Did you see his truckle? It was pretty funny.