The play received accolades from the press.
Acerbity- Harshness or severity, as of temper or expression
It's a strange experience to read a critic best known for extreme acerbity writing about a subject he loves.
Attrition- A reduction or decrease in numbers
Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
Bromide- A platitude or trite saying
We continually hear that education is the bromide that will solve everything.
Chauvinist- A person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic
He s very chauvinist so make sure you say America is the best.
Chronic-Constant
He is a chronic liar.
Expound- Explain or interpret
Maybe I'll expound on those at some point in the near future.
Factionalism- Practice or method uniting into an organization
A faction in favor of big business is good.
Immaculate- Free from spot or stain
When you buy a nice material make sure it is immaculate.
Imprecation- The act of imprecating; cursing
Then came an imprecation, and a match was struck and the study was flooded with yellow light.
Ineluctable- Inescapable
Be Careful because the journey is an ineluctable one.
Mercurial- changeable
She's very mercurial and emotes before thinking, while I'm the opposite.
Palliate- To relieve or lessen without curing
The primary goal is to help the patient and cure or palliate the disease.
Protocol- Procedure
Resplendent- Shining brilliantly
Troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
Stigmatize- To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon
The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
Sub rosa- Secretly
Do no be fooled by his sub rosa ways.
Vainglory- Excessive pride over ones achievements
He has a right to vainglory because he is very good at what he does.
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.
Volition- The act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
She left of her own volition.
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