--They say Heaven will fill you with beatitude.
Bete noire: a person or thing especially dislike or dreaded; bane
--Voldemort's name was to be unspoken because he has a bete noire to the rewarding world.
Bode: to be an omen of; portend
--My three previous failures on AP tests might be a bode to my upcoming if I don't change my methods.
Dank: unpleasantly moist or humid; damp, and often, chilly
--The haunted house was dank, many children avoided it walking home.
Ecumenical: general, universal
--The foreign exchange club is a safe place for ecumenical students, no matte where they come from.
Fervid: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc./burning, glowing, intensely hot
--When the artist was feeling it, he would work fervidly on a project nonstop and get it done in less than a day.
Fetid: having an offensive odor, stinking
--My brother's room is fervid so I like to spray glade into it.
Gargantuan: gigantic, enormous, colossal
--The titanic's last night was a gargantuan, and is still not forgotten.
Heyday: the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.
--During the company's heyday, it was raking in millions of dollars from customers from around the world.
Incubus: an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons,especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep/a nightmare/something that weighs upon or
oppresses one like a nightmare
--When I asked the women why she was selling her house, she began to yell and rant about an incubus that lived there and visited her every night...needless to say, I did not buy that house. I also do not talk to that woman anymore.
Infrastructure: the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization/thefundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation andcommunication systems, power plants, and schools
--One of the reasons why Rome fell was because of its crumbling infrastructure; perhaps we should be looking after ours a little better.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements/to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods
--He had to inveigle his mother and compliment her until she finally let him go to the concert on a school night.
Kudos: honor, glory, acclaim
--I give Kasie kudos for recognizing the word "kudos" in class today.
Lagniappe: a gratuity or tip/an unexpected or indirect benefit/a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of a compliment or for good measure; bonus
--The customers treated Jessica, the waitress, so well that she through in some extra dessert as a lagniappe on their way out.
Obsequious: characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning/servilely compliant and deferential
--Nobody cared much for the obsequious student; he proved himself a "teacher's pet" early in the year.
Prolix: extended to great, unnecessary or tedious length; long and wordy
--The professor's stories could have been around five minutes long, each, but she made themprolix and stretched them into twenty or more minutes.
Protege: a person under the patronage, care, or protection of someone who is interested in his/her care or welfare
--As my little cousin stared up at my kayaks, I imagined taking him out on a lake one day and having him as my little boating protege.
Prototype: the original model on which something is based or formed
--The prototype of the app needs allot of improvement before the app can go on the market.
Sycophant: a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
--High school is full of sycophants, in fact one can't even speak with out making sure she kisses ass.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of theimmediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness/an instance of repetition
--My little cousin told me her mother was pregnant and would be having a little baby, her tautology made me smile.
--My dog never listens to me. I wish she were more truckle.
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