Vocabulary #5

Obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

·         The dog was obsequious after the owner hit the dog for peeing in the house.

Beatitude: supreme blessedness

·         She was extremely beatitude because she got in to the college of her choice.

Bête Noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.

·         She considered her neighbors as bête noire because they party often.

Bode: be an omen of a particular outcome

·         The bode in horror movies are caused by sudden incidents.

Dank: disagreeably damp musty and typically cold

·         The weather in Seattle is usually dank with all the rain.

Ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches

·         I believe there are too many ecumenical churches in Santa Maria.

Fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate

·         I am fervid for golf therefore I play on the golf team.

Fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant

·         When you pass the fetid fields in Santa Maria, it’s usually because of the fertilizer.

Gargantuan: enormous

·         I sometimes wish that there was a gargantuan amount of ice cream in my fridge.

Heyday: the period of a person’s or things greatest success, popularity

·         My heyday was senior year of high school because I won prom queen.

Incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

·         In the Bible, many people are afraid of Incubus because of his actions.

Infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities

·         The infrastructure of DNA is made up of mitochondria and nucleases.

Inveigle: persuade to do something by the means of flattery

·         He told inveigled so I did his homework.

Kudos: praise and honor received for an achievement

·         Kudos to the winner of the golf tournament.

Lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.

·         Along with my shoes, a coupon was given as lagniappe.

Prolix: of speech or writing using or containing too many words, tediously lengthy

·         The prolix dragged in English class forever that I fell asleep.

Protégé: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person

·         Sometimes I wish I was a protégé because then life would be so much easier with talent.

Prototype: a first, typical model of something

·         The prototype of the first automobile was so different from modern cars.

Sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

·         The commanding officer gives out orders to sycophants so they can train them for the army.

Tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words.

·         The tautology of the word soft is gentle and fluffy.

Truckle: a small barrel shaped cheese.

·         The variations of truckles at Trader Joe’s make it hard to choose with one to buy.