People are by turns obsequious, angry, and disingenuous.
Beatitude- Supreme blessedness; exalted happiness
Towns have their own beatitude; they are not unfriendly.
Bete noire- A person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
He is bete noire towards him for what he had done in his past.
Bode- To be an omen of; portend
The news bodes evil days for him.
Dank- Unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly
It is a cramped, dank apartment.
Ecumenical- Pertaining to the whole Christian church
The ecumenical council decreed woman no longer had to wear hats in church.
Fervid- heated or vehement in spirit
The web rewards, with links and traffic, fervid expressions of ideological news.
Fetid- Having an offensive odor; stinking
There are trotters with tripe-honeycombed, fetid, strictly for the adventurous.
Gargantuan- Gigantic
It is a vast, colossal, gargantuan improvement over messing around with pouring batches of hot liquid into a blender.
Heyday- The stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime
The heyday of the vaudeville stars.
Incubus- An imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons
It shall be one of my cherished objects to remove this incubus of our prosperity.
Infrastructure- The basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
The tripod infrastructure is why there are so many grottoes and light caves.
Inveigle- To entice, lure
to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
Kudos- Honor; glory
His inventive use of a tablecloth earns him costume kudos and extra treats.
Lagniappe- A tip
the lagniappe helped bring down the smugglers.
Prolix- Long and wordy
Some lectures are prolix.
Protege- A person under the patronage, protection
The President is always under protege.
Prototype- The original model
Prototypes are worth the most to collectors.
Sycophant- A self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
But history will likely remember him as the ultimate sycophant, the loyal sidekick.
Tautology- Needless repetition of an idea
It's a tautology designed to evade self-incrimination.
Truckle- To submit or yield obsequiously or tamely
Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
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